María Laura Gos(1, 2,*), Jorge Alberto Manazza(3), Ernesto J.A. Späth(3), Lais Pardini(1, 2), María Andrea Fiorentino(3), Juan Manuel Unzaga(1), Gastón Moré(1, 2) and
María Cecilia Venturini(1)
1 Laboratorio de Inmunoparasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 118 (1900) La Plata, Argentina
2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917 (C1033AAJ) Buenos Aires, Argentina
3 Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), CC 276, 7620 Balcarce, Argentina
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in goats from two Argentinean provinces raised under different management conditions. A total of 2922 serum samples from adult goats of Córdoba (n=2187) and Buenos Aires provinces (n= 735), Argentina, were assayed by indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT, cut-off 1:100) for antibodies to T. gondii and N. caninum. Seroprevalence was 40.8% (CI 39.0%-42.6%) and 5.5% (CI 4.7%-6.4%) for T. gondii and N. caninum, respectively. The seropositivity for both infections was higher in goats from dairy farms, resulting as follows: for T. gondii 32.7% (CI 30.8%-34.8%) in extensive farms and 59.3% (CI 56.1%-62.6%) in dairy farms and for N. caninum 4.1% (CI 3.2%-4.9%) in extensive farms and 8.8% (CI 6.9%-10.7%) in dairy farms. This is the first extensive seroepidemiology investigation for T. gondii and N. caninum in goats in Argentina.
Keywords: Goat, Neospora caninum, Serology, Toxoplasma gondii.
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Cite this paper:
Gos, M.L., Manazza, J.A., Späth, E.J.A., Pardini, L., Fiorentino, M.A., Unzaga, J.M., Moré, G. and Venturini, M.C. 2017. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora
caninum infections in goats from two Argentinean provinces. Open Vet. J. 7(4), 319-322.
