Seroprevalence of antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in horses (Equus caballus) from northern Algeria-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Seroprevalence of antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in horses (Equus caballus) from northern Algeria

Published:2020-07-14 Issue:3 Volume:64 Page:413-419
ISSN:2450-8608
Container-title:Journal of Veterinary Research
language:en
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Author:

Laamari Abdelouahab¹,Azzag Naouelle¹,Tennah Safia¹,Derdour Salima-Yamina¹,China Bernard²,Bouabdallah Ryhan¹,Ghalmi Farida¹

Affiliation:

1. Research Laboratory Management of Local Animal Resources, Higher National Veterinary School, El Alia , Oued Smar, 1615 Algiers , Algeria

2. Sciensano, Quality of Laboratories , B-1050 Brussels , Belgium

Abstract

Abstract Introduction Horses (Equus caballus) are susceptible to tick-borne diseases. Two of them, Lyme borreliosis due to Borrelia burgdorferi and granulocytic anaplasmosis due to Anaplasma phagocytophilum were investigated in Algerian horses. The diseases have been less extensively studied in horses and results pertinent to Algeria have not been published. Material and Methods Blood samples were obtained from 128 horses. IgG antibodies directed against Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi were detected by an indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) and ELISA. The potential effects of age, gender, breed, and health status on seropositivity were also evaluated. Results Using IFAT, 28 (21.8%) and 25 (19.5%) animals were positive for B. burgdorferi and A. phagocytophilum, respectively. Using ELISA, 19 (14.8%) and 33 (25.9%) animals were positive for these bacteria. Conclusion The study shows that horses in Algeria are exposed or co-exposed to tick-transmitted zoonotic bacterial species.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Veterinary

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/jvetres-2020-0045

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