Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses
Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections are important causes of abortion in ruminants. Besides, meat from T. gondii infected animals represent a major infection source for humans. The occurrence of these protozoan parasites in Switzerland was investigated both, in a nationwide cross-sectio...
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| author | Basso, Walter Holenweger, Fabienne Schares, Gereon Müller, Norbert Campero, Lucia Maria Ardüser, Flurin Moore-Jones, Gaia Frey, Caroline Zanolari, Patrik |
| author_browse | Ardüser, Flurin Basso, Walter Campero, Lucia Maria Frey, Caroline Holenweger, Fabienne Moore-Jones, Gaia Müller, Norbert Schares, Gereon Zanolari, Patrik |
| author_facet | Basso, Walter Holenweger, Fabienne Schares, Gereon Müller, Norbert Campero, Lucia Maria Ardüser, Flurin Moore-Jones, Gaia Frey, Caroline Zanolari, Patrik |
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| description | Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections are important causes of abortion in ruminants. Besides, meat from T. gondii infected animals represent a major infection source for humans. The occurrence of these protozoan parasites in Switzerland was investigated both, in a nationwide cross-sectional serological survey, and by molecular methods in aborted sheep and goat foetuses. A total of 653 sheep from 143 farms and 748 goats from 164 farms were tested by commercial ELISAs and inconclusive results were defined by immunoblot. Besides, a risk factor analysis for seropositivity was performed. The observed seroprevalences for T. gondii in sheep and goats were 66.3% and 50.5% at the animal level, and 90.9% and 81.1% at the farm level, respectively. For N. caninum, the detected seroprevalences in sheep and goats were 0.8% and 0.9% at the animal level, and 2.8% and 1.8% at the farm level, respectively. Older small ruminants, and sheep (vs. goats) had a higher risk of being seropositive to T. gondii. Alpine grazing in summer was identified as a protective factor for seropositivity to T. gondii in both animal species. Toxoplasma gondii and N. caninum DNA were detected in 6.1% and 2.4% (n = 82), and in 6.8% and 1.4% (n = 73) of the tested ovine and caprine foetuses, respectively. These results suggest the involvement of these parasites in abortions and reveal a high prevalence of T. gondii and lower prevalence of N. caninum infections in small ruminants in Switzerland. They also suggest that consumption of undercooked meat from T. gondii infected sheep and goats may represent a risk for public health. |
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| spelling | INTA151942023-09-13T11:25:28Z Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses Basso, Walter Holenweger, Fabienne Schares, Gereon Müller, Norbert Campero, Lucia Maria Ardüser, Flurin Moore-Jones, Gaia Frey, Caroline Zanolari, Patrik Toxoplasma Gondii Neospora caninum Aborto Serología Zoonosis Abortion Serology PCR Sheep Goats Zoonoses Ovinos Caprinos Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections are important causes of abortion in ruminants. Besides, meat from T. gondii infected animals represent a major infection source for humans. The occurrence of these protozoan parasites in Switzerland was investigated both, in a nationwide cross-sectional serological survey, and by molecular methods in aborted sheep and goat foetuses. A total of 653 sheep from 143 farms and 748 goats from 164 farms were tested by commercial ELISAs and inconclusive results were defined by immunoblot. Besides, a risk factor analysis for seropositivity was performed. The observed seroprevalences for T. gondii in sheep and goats were 66.3% and 50.5% at the animal level, and 90.9% and 81.1% at the farm level, respectively. For N. caninum, the detected seroprevalences in sheep and goats were 0.8% and 0.9% at the animal level, and 2.8% and 1.8% at the farm level, respectively. Older small ruminants, and sheep (vs. goats) had a higher risk of being seropositive to T. gondii. Alpine grazing in summer was identified as a protective factor for seropositivity to T. gondii in both animal species. Toxoplasma gondii and N. caninum DNA were detected in 6.1% and 2.4% (n = 82), and in 6.8% and 1.4% (n = 73) of the tested ovine and caprine foetuses, respectively. These results suggest the involvement of these parasites in abortions and reveal a high prevalence of T. gondii and lower prevalence of N. caninum infections in small ruminants in Switzerland. They also suggest that consumption of undercooked meat from T. gondii infected sheep and goats may represent a risk for public health. EEA Balcarce Fil: Basso, Walter. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Institute of Parasitology; Suiza. Fil: Holenweger, Fabienne. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Institute of Parasitology; Suiza. Fil: Schares, Gereon. Institute of Epidemiology. Federal Research Institute for Animal Health. Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut; Alemania. Fil: Müller, Norbert. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Institute of Parasitology; Suiza. Fil: Campero, Lucía. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Institute of Parasitology; Suiza. Fil: Campero, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Vetrinarias; Argentina. Fil: Ardüser, Flurin. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Clinic for Ruminants; Suiza. Fil: Moore-Jones, Gaia. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health; Suiza. Fil: Frey, Caroline. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Institute of Parasitology; Suiza. Fil: Zanolari, Patrik. University of Bern. Vetsuisse-Faculty. Clinic for Ruminants; Suiza. 2023-09-13T11:14:53Z 2023-09-13T11:14:53Z 2022-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15194 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405676622000336 2405-6766 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fawpar.2022.e00176 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Food and Waterborne Parasitology 28 : e00176. (September 2022) |
| spellingShingle | Toxoplasma Gondii Neospora caninum Aborto Serología Zoonosis Abortion Serology PCR Sheep Goats Zoonoses Ovinos Caprinos Basso, Walter Holenweger, Fabienne Schares, Gereon Müller, Norbert Campero, Lucia Maria Ardüser, Flurin Moore-Jones, Gaia Frey, Caroline Zanolari, Patrik Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| title | Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| title_full | Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| title_fullStr | Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| title_short | Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in Switzerland: Seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| title_sort | toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum infections in sheep and goats in switzerland seroprevalence and occurrence in aborted fetuses |
| topic | Toxoplasma Gondii Neospora caninum Aborto Serología Zoonosis Abortion Serology PCR Sheep Goats Zoonoses Ovinos Caprinos |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15194 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405676622000336 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fawpar.2022.e00176 |
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