Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal

Neosporosis, caused by Neospora caninum, is an important cause of abortion in cattle and of neurological disease in dogs. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of antibodies to N. caninum in 441 dogs from the five regions of mainland Portugal. A commercial competitive enzyme-linked i...

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Main Authors:	Maia, Carla, Cortes, Helder, Brancal, Hugo, Lopes, Ana Patrícia, Pimenta, Paulo, Campino, Lenea, Cardoso, Luís
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	EDP Sciences 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073620/

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spelling	pubmed-40736202014-07-02 Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal Maia, Carla Cortes, Helder Brancal, Hugo Lopes, Ana Patrícia Pimenta, Paulo Campino, Lenea Cardoso, Luís Short Note Neosporosis, caused by Neospora caninum, is an important cause of abortion in cattle and of neurological disease in dogs. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of antibodies to N. caninum in 441 dogs from the five regions of mainland Portugal. A commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) was used and specific antibodies were detected in 35 (7.9%) dogs. Seroprevalence levels were significantly different among some of the studied regions, as well as between stray dogs (13.6%) and hunting dogs (1.7%). The difference between seropositivity in dogs presenting musculoskeletal or neurological signs (21.4%) and that in animals without clinical signs compatible with neosporosis (5.6%) was close to statistical significance. This is the first report on the seroprevalence of N. caninum in dogs in Portugal. Neosporosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurological disorders of dogs. EDP Sciences 2014 2014-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4073620/ /pubmed/24972327 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014031 Text en © C. Maia et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Maia, Carla Cortes, Helder Brancal, Hugo Lopes, Ana Patrícia Pimenta, Paulo Campino, Lenea Cardoso, Luís
spellingShingle	Maia, Carla Cortes, Helder Brancal, Hugo Lopes, Ana Patrícia Pimenta, Paulo Campino, Lenea Cardoso, Luís Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal
author_facet	Maia, Carla Cortes, Helder Brancal, Hugo Lopes, Ana Patrícia Pimenta, Paulo Campino, Lenea Cardoso, Luís
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title	Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal
title_short	Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal
title_full	Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal
title_fullStr	Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal
title_sort	prevalence and correlates of antibodies to neospora caninum in dogs in portugal
description	Neosporosis, caused by Neospora caninum, is an important cause of abortion in cattle and of neurological disease in dogs. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of antibodies to N. caninum in 441 dogs from the five regions of mainland Portugal. A commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA) was used and specific antibodies were detected in 35 (7.9%) dogs. Seroprevalence levels were significantly different among some of the studied regions, as well as between stray dogs (13.6%) and hunting dogs (1.7%). The difference between seropositivity in dogs presenting musculoskeletal or neurological signs (21.4%) and that in animals without clinical signs compatible with neosporosis (5.6%) was close to statistical significance. This is the first report on the seroprevalence of N. caninum in dogs in Portugal. Neosporosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurological disorders of dogs.
publisher	EDP Sciences
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Prevalence and correlates of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs in Portugal

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