First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina
The aim of this study is to report an episode of reproductive losses due to toxoplasmosis in a sheep flock in Argentina. A total of 15 abortions and 9 stillbirths were recorded in a flock of 190 Texel ewes. The affected ewes were more likely to be seropositive for Toxoplasma gondii (15/24) than ewes...
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| author | Gual, Ignacio Giannitti, Federico Hecker, Yanina Paola Shivers, J. Entrocassi, Carolina Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Pardini, L. Fiorentino, María Andrea Rodríguez Fermepin, M. Unzaga, Juan Manuel Canton, German Jose Venturini, María Cecilia Moore, Prando Dadin |
| author_browse | Canton, German Jose Entrocassi, Carolina Fiorentino, María Andrea Giannitti, Federico Gual, Ignacio Hecker, Yanina Paola Moore, Prando Dadin Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Pardini, L. Rodríguez Fermepin, M. Shivers, J. Unzaga, Juan Manuel Venturini, María Cecilia |
| author_facet | Gual, Ignacio Giannitti, Federico Hecker, Yanina Paola Shivers, J. Entrocassi, Carolina Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Pardini, L. Fiorentino, María Andrea Rodríguez Fermepin, M. Unzaga, Juan Manuel Canton, German Jose Venturini, María Cecilia Moore, Prando Dadin |
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| description | The aim of this study is to report an episode of reproductive losses due to toxoplasmosis in a sheep flock in Argentina. A total of 15 abortions and 9 stillbirths were recorded in a flock of 190 Texel ewes. The affected ewes were more likely to be seropositive for Toxoplasma gondii (15/24) than ewes that delivered normal lambs (5/34, OR =9.6, 95%CI =2.7–34.0, p =0.0004). A pair of aborted twins was recovered for diagnostic investigation.
One of these fetuses and its dam were seropositive for T. gondii. Histological examination of the two fetuses revealed non-suppurative myocarditis and epicarditis, portal hepatitis and multifocal necrotizing encephalitis with protozoal cysts in the brain. T. gondii was detected intralesionally by immunohistochemistry in one fetus and by PCR in both. Further investigations are necessary to evaluate the economic losses due to T. gondii in the
Argentinean ovine industry |
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| spelling | INTA21322019-06-11T14:33:21Z First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina Gual, Ignacio Giannitti, Federico Hecker, Yanina Paola Shivers, J. Entrocassi, Carolina Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Pardini, L. Fiorentino, María Andrea Rodríguez Fermepin, M. Unzaga, Juan Manuel Canton, German Jose Venturini, María Cecilia Moore, Prando Dadin Ovinos Enfermedades de los Animales Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis Aborto Sheep Animal Diseases Abortion The aim of this study is to report an episode of reproductive losses due to toxoplasmosis in a sheep flock in Argentina. A total of 15 abortions and 9 stillbirths were recorded in a flock of 190 Texel ewes. The affected ewes were more likely to be seropositive for Toxoplasma gondii (15/24) than ewes that delivered normal lambs (5/34, OR =9.6, 95%CI =2.7–34.0, p =0.0004). A pair of aborted twins was recovered for diagnostic investigation. One of these fetuses and its dam were seropositive for T. gondii. Histological examination of the two fetuses revealed non-suppurative myocarditis and epicarditis, portal hepatitis and multifocal necrotizing encephalitis with protozoal cysts in the brain. T. gondii was detected intralesionally by immunohistochemistry in one fetus and by PCR in both. Further investigations are necessary to evaluate the economic losses due to T. gondii in the Argentinean ovine industry EEA Balcarce Fil: Gual, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Giannitti, Federico. University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary Population Medicine Department. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; Estados Unidos. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias. La Estanzuela, Colonia;Uruguay Fil: Hecker, Yanina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Shivers, J. University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary Population Medicine Department. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; Estados Unidos Fil: Entrocassi, Carolina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica; Argentina Fil: Morrell, Eleonora Lidia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Pardini, L. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Laboratorio de Inmunoparasitología; Argentina Fil: Fiorentino, María Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Rodríguez Fermepin, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica; Argentina Fil: Unzaga, J.M. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Laboratorio de Inmunoparasitología; Argentina Fil: Canton, German Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Venturini, María Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Laboratorio de Inmunoparasitología; Argentina Fil: Moore, Prando Dadin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2018-03-27T13:16:40Z 2018-03-27T13:16:40Z 2018-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2132 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405939017302228 2405-9390 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2018.01.001 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Argentina (nation) Veterinary parasitology: regional studies and reports 12 : 39-42. (May 2018) |
| spellingShingle | Ovinos Enfermedades de los Animales Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis Aborto Sheep Animal Diseases Abortion Gual, Ignacio Giannitti, Federico Hecker, Yanina Paola Shivers, J. Entrocassi, Carolina Morrell, Eleonora Lidia Pardini, L. Fiorentino, María Andrea Rodríguez Fermepin, M. Unzaga, Juan Manuel Canton, German Jose Venturini, María Cecilia Moore, Prando Dadin First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina |
| title | First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina |
| title_full | First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina |
| title_fullStr | First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina |
| title_short | First case report of Toxoplasma gondii-induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in Argentina |
| title_sort | first case report of toxoplasma gondii induced abortions and stillbirths in sheep in argentina |
| topic | Ovinos Enfermedades de los Animales Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis Aborto Sheep Animal Diseases Abortion |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2132 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405939017302228 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2018.01.001 |
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