LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Evaluation of abortions spontaneously induced by Neospora caninum and risk factors in dairy cattle from Lima, Peru

Serrano-Martínez, Marcos Enrique; Cisterna, Cesar Abel Burga; Romero, Roberto Carlos Evaristo; Huacho, Marco Antonio Quispe; Bermabé, Alessandra Matienzo; Albornoz, Luis Antonio Llanco.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 28 (2), 2019

Abstract Our objective was to identify the direct and indirect presence of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle and their aborted fetuses from Lima, Peru. A total 219 blood samples obtained from dairy cattle with records of spontaneous abortion were collected to detect antibodies against N. caninum in serum ...

Aborto Veterinario/epidemiología, Aborto Veterinario/parasitología, Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre, Enfermedades de los Bovinos/epidemiología, Enfermedades de los Bovinos/parasitología, Coccidiosis/complicaciones, Coccidiosis/epidemiología, Coccidiosis/veterinaria, Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática/veterinaria, Neospora/genética, Neospora/inmunología, Perú/epidemiología, Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/veterinaria, Factores de Riesgo, Estudios Seroepidemiológicos

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Occurrence of abortions induced by Neospora caninum in dairy cattle from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil

Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of N. caninum associated with abortions of dairy cattle from Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunohistochemistry (IHC), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Blood from dairy ...