Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina
The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of ovine specific antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and to estimate different transmission routes of these infections. One hundred and thirty Texel sheep and their 117 Texel lambs were included in the study. Ser...
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| author | Hecker, Yanina Paola Mogaburu Masson, Fernando Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio Cora, Juan Flores Olivares, Carlos Gual, Ignacio Pardini, L. Moore, Prando Dadin More, Gastón Canton, German Jose |
| author_browse | Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio Canton, German Jose Cora, Juan Flores Olivares, Carlos Gual, Ignacio Hecker, Yanina Paola Mogaburu Masson, Fernando Moore, Prando Dadin More, Gastón Pardini, L. |
| author_facet | Hecker, Yanina Paola Mogaburu Masson, Fernando Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio Cora, Juan Flores Olivares, Carlos Gual, Ignacio Pardini, L. Moore, Prando Dadin More, Gastón Canton, German Jose |
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| description | The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of ovine specific antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and to estimate different transmission routes of these infections. One hundred and thirty Texel sheep and their 117 Texel lambs were included in the study. Serum samples were tested for antibodies to T. gondii, N. caninum and Sarcocystis spp. using IFAT. Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 10.00% in sheep (IC95%: 4.80–15.20%), being higher in adult sheep (≥12 year) than in younger sheep (OR 1.30; 95% CI, 1.10–1.50). N. caninum and Sarcocystis spp. seroprevalences were 1.54%
(IC95%: 0.00–5.70) and 72.09% (IC95%: 67.70–82.70), respectively, with no association between age and seropositivity in sheep (P>0.05). T. gondii seroprevalence in lambs was 4.27% (IC95%: 0.61–7.94). No association between T. gondii serological status in sheep and their lambs was detected (P = 0.07). Two T. gondii and Sarcocystis spp. seropositive lambs were euthanized and T. gondii and Sarcocystis spp. DNA was detected by PCR in their tissues. In conclusion, the increase of T. gondii seropositivity in relationship with sheep age and the lack of association between sheep-lamb serological status, suggest that horizontal infection is the main transmission route in this flock as reported before. Due to the low number of N. caninum-seropositive
ewes no assumptions can be done about the impact of this parasite in this flock. According with previous reports, the main transmission route for Sarcocystis spp. in this species in the present study was horizontal. |
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| spelling | INTA21332019-06-11T14:34:42Z Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina Hecker, Yanina Paola Mogaburu Masson, Fernando Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio Cora, Juan Flores Olivares, Carlos Gual, Ignacio Pardini, L. Moore, Prando Dadin More, Gastón Canton, German Jose Enfermedades de los Animales Ovinos Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma gondii Neospora caninum Sarcocystis Animal Diseases Sheep Región Pampeana Húmeda The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of ovine specific antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and to estimate different transmission routes of these infections. One hundred and thirty Texel sheep and their 117 Texel lambs were included in the study. Serum samples were tested for antibodies to T. gondii, N. caninum and Sarcocystis spp. using IFAT. Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was 10.00% in sheep (IC95%: 4.80–15.20%), being higher in adult sheep (≥12 year) than in younger sheep (OR 1.30; 95% CI, 1.10–1.50). N. caninum and Sarcocystis spp. seroprevalences were 1.54% (IC95%: 0.00–5.70) and 72.09% (IC95%: 67.70–82.70), respectively, with no association between age and seropositivity in sheep (P>0.05). T. gondii seroprevalence in lambs was 4.27% (IC95%: 0.61–7.94). No association between T. gondii serological status in sheep and their lambs was detected (P = 0.07). Two T. gondii and Sarcocystis spp. seropositive lambs were euthanized and T. gondii and Sarcocystis spp. DNA was detected by PCR in their tissues. In conclusion, the increase of T. gondii seropositivity in relationship with sheep age and the lack of association between sheep-lamb serological status, suggest that horizontal infection is the main transmission route in this flock as reported before. Due to the low number of N. caninum-seropositive ewes no assumptions can be done about the impact of this parasite in this flock. According with previous reports, the main transmission route for Sarcocystis spp. in this species in the present study was horizontal. EEA Balcarce Fil: Hecker, Yanina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Mogaburu Masson, Fernando. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Cora, Juan. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Flores Olivares, Carlos. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Ciencias; Chile Fil: Gual, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Pardini, L. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. 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. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: More, Gastón. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. 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 2018-03-27T14:12:42Z 2018-03-27T14:12:42Z 2018 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2133 1230-2821 (Print) 1896-1851 (Online) DOI: 10.1515/ap-2018-0048 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Argentina (nation) Acta parasitologica 63 (2) : 416–421. (2018) |
| spellingShingle | Enfermedades de los Animales Ovinos Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma gondii Neospora caninum Sarcocystis Animal Diseases Sheep Región Pampeana Húmeda Hecker, Yanina Paola Mogaburu Masson, Fernando Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio Cora, Juan Flores Olivares, Carlos Gual, Ignacio Pardini, L. Moore, Prando Dadin More, Gastón Canton, German Jose Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina |
| title | Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina |
| title_full | Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina |
| title_short | Evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum and Sarcocystis spp. and transmission routes in sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina |
| title_sort | evaluation of frequency of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii neospora caninum and sarcocystis spp and transmission routes in sheep from humid pampa argentina |
| topic | Enfermedades de los Animales Ovinos Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma gondii Neospora caninum Sarcocystis Animal Diseases Sheep Región Pampeana Húmeda |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2133 |
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