Anticorpos anti-neospora caninum em bovinos de leite do sudoeste do estado do Paraná / Antibodies to neospora caninum in dairy cattle in Southwest of Paraná state
Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec
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62(6): 1511-1513, dez. 2010.
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-576056
ABSTRACT
Since November 2007 until May 2009, 1,778 serum samples of cattle from dairy herds of the Southwest of Paraná State, Brazil, were used for search of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies. The frequency of seropositive animals, assessed by IFAT, was 24.2 percent (431/1,178), showing a relatively high occurrence in the studied population. These results show that Neospora caninum is widely distributed in the dairy cattle in the Southwest of Paraná State. The presence of Neospora caninum in a herd is worrisome, since this protozoan is closely related with reproductive disorders and low milk production in cattle.
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Main subject:
Placenta
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Neospora
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec
Journal subject:
Veterinary Medicine
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria/BR
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