1. Bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the southern highlands of Ecuador.
- Author
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Maldonado Rivera JE, Vallecillo AJ, Pérez CL, Cirone KM, Dorsch MA, Morrell EL, Scioli V, Hecker YP, Fiorani F, Cantón GJ, and Moore DP
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- Abortion, Veterinary parasitology, Animals, Cattle, Cattle Diseases parasitology, Coccidiosis epidemiology, Coccidiosis parasitology, Dairying, Ecuador epidemiology, Female, Prevalence, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Abortion, Veterinary epidemiology, Cattle Diseases epidemiology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Neospora isolation & purification
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the Sierra region, Ecuador. A case-control study was performed on 841 dairy cattle from 5 dairy herds. The overall seroprevalence was 23.4% having significant association between abortion and seropositivity (p < .05). Additionally, 46 fetuses were recovered from a local slaughterhouse to evaluate the frequency of vertical transmission. Seventeen and 3 fetuses were positive by PCR and had compatible histopathological lesions, respectively. N. caninum infection must be considered as a relevant cause of reproductive losses in Ecuador., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors do not have any conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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