Title
Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle at the Lima Valley
Other title
Seroprevalencia de neosporacaninum en bovinos lecheros del vallede Lima
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in dairy cattle at theLima Valley in year 2000. A total of304 sera samples from dairy cows of 19 herds located in the northern (12 herds) and southern (7) part ofLima were analysed to detect antibodies against N. caninum using the immunofluorescense indirect test. 29.6 5.1% (90/304) ofthe animáis showed antibodies at the 1:200 dilution. The prevalence in the northern área was 40.8 8.8% (49/120), whereas in the southern área was 22.3 6.0% (41/184). All farm had seropositives animáis to N. caninum. The results confirm the presence ofN. caninum in dairy herds ofthe Lima valley.
Start page
51
End page
55
Volume
13
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84859470697
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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