Title
Prevalence of neospora caninum in shepherd dogs of a livestock farm in the southern highlands of Peru
Other title
Prevalencia de neospora caninum en perros pastores de una empresa ganadera de la sierra sur del Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Neosporosis is a parasitic disease that affects several domestic and wild mammals. Among them, it is important in the bovine species because affect reproduction causing abortions, and in canine species as it is the definitive host and a dissemination source for the disease. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Neospora caninum in shepherd dogs from five production areas of the Rural Alianza enterprise located in the southern highlands, Puno. It was collected 122 samples of canine sera during February and March 2004, and they were analyzed using the Indirect Immunofluorescence assay (IFA), in a dilution of 1:50. A total prevalence of 14.8 ± 6.3% (18/122) was found. Statistical association between rearing area (five areas of the farm), sex, and age (<1, 1-7, >7 years of age) through the chi square test was not found. This study showed that dogs from Rural Alianza showed a moderated prevalence for Neospora caninum. Besides, the prevalence reported is related to prevalence found for South American camelids and grazing cattle in Puno, which would indicate a close relationship between definitive and intermediate host, facilitating the horizontal transmission.
Start page
80
End page
86
Volume
21
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84867833905
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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