Title
Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) of the peruvian central sierra by the immunofluorescence indirect (IFI) and indirect ELISA techniques
Other title
[Frecuencia de Toxoplasma gondii y Neospora caninum en vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) de la sierra central peruana mediante las técnicas de inmunofluorescencia indirecta y ELISA indirecta]
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in vicuñas in the Yauli province, Junín, Peru, and to determine the degree of concordance between the indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) and indirect ELISA test. A total of 79 blood samples were obtained during a «Chaku» (rodeo). The results showed a frequency of antibodies against T. gondii of 5.1 and 3.1% for indirect ELISA and IFA respectively, whereas none of the samples were positive to N.caninum. The kappa value was 0.85, but the small number of positive samples does not allowed inferring that the degree of concordance between the two test was good.
Start page
70
End page
76
Volume
25
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Parasitología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84896954468
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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