NDLI: Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and tick-transmitted bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in one selected goat farm in Slovakia.

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Author	Cobádiová, Andrea Reiterová, Katarina Derdáková, Markéta Spilovská, Silvia Turceková, Ludmila Hviscová, Ivana Hisira, Vladimir
Spatial Coverage	Slovakia
Description	Author Affiliation: Cobádiová A ( Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Kosice, Slovak Republic.)
Abstract	Parasitic diseases of livestock together with poor welfare conditions can negatively affect the health status and production of small ruminants. Protozoan parasites and tick-borne infectious agents are common threat of livestock including small ruminants mostly during the pasture season. Therefore the priority of the study was to analyse the circulation and presence of two protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum as well as tick-transmitted bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum in one selected goat farm in Eastern Slovakia. Throughout a three-year study period we have repeatedly screened the sera and blood of goats and dogs from monitored farm. In total, 343 blood serum samples from 116 goats were examined by ELISA. The mean seropositivity for T. gondii was 56.9% (66/116, CI (95%) = 48-66.0) and 15.5% (18/116, CI (95%) = 9.3-22.7) for N. caninum. The permanent occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma and anti-Neospora antibodies was detected in repeatedly examined goats during the whole monitored period. The presence of both parasites in the flock was analysed by PCR. DNA of T. gondii was confirmed in 12 out of 25 Toxoplasma-seropositive goats and N. caninum in 14 samples out of 18 Neospora-seropositive animals; four goats were co-infected with both pathogens. The risk of endogenous transmission of both parasites was pursued by examination of 41 kid's sera, where seropositivity for toxoplasmosis was 31.7% and for neosporosis 14.6%. In dogs 61.1% seropositivity for T. gondii and 38.9% for N. caninum was found, however, their faeces were negative for coccidian oocysts. Eight out of 108 tested animals were infected with A. phagocytophilum, the causative agent of tick-borne fever. Seven of them were simultaneously infected with T. gondii and A. phagocytophilum, out of which four goats were concurrently infected with all three pathogens.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	12302821
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	58
e-ISSN	18961851
Journal	Acta Parasitologica
Language	English
Publisher	De Gruyter
Publisher Date	2013-12-01
Publisher Place	Poland
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Parasitology Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Isolation & Purification Coccidiosis Veterinary Ehrlichiosis Goat Diseases Epidemiology Neospora Toxoplasma Toxoplasmosis, Animal Genetics Immunology Animals Animals, Domestic Antibodies, Protozoan Blood Parasitology Dna, Protozoan Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Microbiology Goats Male Seroepidemiologic Studies Slovakia Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Parasitology

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