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Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle in Bahia, Brazil
L F Gondim1, I F Sartor, M Hasegawa
1Escola de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. pita@ufba.br
Veterinary Parasitology
|September 17, 1999
Abstract:
Sera collected from 447 dairy cattle on 14 dairy farms were tested for Neospora caninum antibodies by use of an immunofluorescent antibody technique. Positive reactions with titres > or =1:200 were found in 63 (14.09%) of animals. Neospora positive sera were also tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies by using a commercial latex agglutination test. Antibodies to T. gondii were detected in 3 (4.76%) of 63 N. caninum positive sera. These results indicate that N. caninum infection is widespread among dairy cattle in Bahia state.