Affiliation:
1. Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brasil
Abstract
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the rate of vertical transmission and to investigate horizontal transmission of Neospora caninum and occurrences of reproductive abnormalities in seropositive dairy cows on two farms in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The frequency of cows seropositive for N.caninum according to the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was 39.4% (93/236) for Farm A and 31.4% (32/102) for the Farm B (p > 0.05). The mean vertical transmission rates for N. caninum were 29% and 9% for the herds of Farms A and B, respectively. No negative effects (p > 0.05) from infection by N.caninum were observed regarding milk production and occurrences of reproductive abnormalities in herds A and B.
Subject
General Veterinary,Parasitology
Reference16 articles.
1. Vertical and horizontal transmission of Neospora caninum in dairy herds in Québec;Bergeron N;Can Vet J,2000
2. Epidemiology and control of neosporosis and Neospora caninum;Dubey JP;Clin Microbiol Rev,2007
3. Diagnosis of bovine neosporosis;Dubey JP;Vet Parasitol,2006
4. Neosporosis in animals: The last five years;Dubey JP;Vet Parasitol,2011
5. Review of Neospora caninum and neosporosis in animals;Dubey JP;Korean J Parasitol,2003
Cited by
7 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献