| red foxes (vulpes vulpes) are a natural intermediate host of neospora caninum. | the present study was undertaken to determine if red foxes are natural intermediate and/or definitive host for neospora caninum and to study the importance of infection of n. caninum in this species in north-eastern spain. faecal samples and brain tissues were obtained from 122 foxes from 21 rural areas of catalonia. faeces collected were examined for parasite eggs and coccidian oocysts using sucrose flotation. for pcr-based diagnosis of n. caninum in brain tissues, the specific genomic nc5 regi ... | 2002 | 12163240 |
| seroprevalence of neospora caninum in non-carnivorous wildlife from spain. | serum samples from 1034 non-carnivorous wildlife from spain were tested for antibodies to neospora caninum by competitive screening enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and confirmed by an indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat). high agreement was observed between results in both techniques (kappa value higher than 0.9). prevalences of n. caninum antibodies positive by both techniques were 11.8% of 237 red deer (cervus elaphus), 7.7% of 13 barbary sheep (ammotragus lervia), 6.1% of 33 ro ... | 2007 | 16962706 |
| high seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum in the common raven (corvus corax) in the northeast of spain. | in recent years, multiple cases of aggressive behavior of common ravens (corvus corax) have been reported by farmers in catalonia (ne spain), including attacking of newborn animals and consumption of dead foetuses. in the present study, seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum was determined from 113 legally trapped and released common ravens. t. gondii antibodies were found in 91 (80.5%; ci 95%:72-87) of 113 sera tested by the modified agglutination test. antibodies to n. caninu ... | 2011 | 21645913 |
| seroprevalence of antibodies to neospora caninum in dogs from spain. | the prevalence of neospora caninum antibodies was determined in sera of 139 dogs from catalonia (northeastern spain) using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (ifat). antibodies in the ifat were found in 17 of 139 dogs (12.2%) with titers ranging from 1:50 to 1: 1,600. seroprevalence was higher in dogs over 1 yr old compared with dogs younger than 1 yr (p < 0.05). no statistical difference was observed when sex, breed, purpose, or modus vivendi was compared with seropositivity. most do ... | 2002 | 12537126 |
| geographical distribution modelling for neospora caninum and coxiella burnetii infections in dairy cattle farms in northeastern spain. | maximum entropy ecological niche modelling and spatial scan statistic were utilized to predict the geographical range and to investigate clusters of infections for neospora caninum and coxiella burnetii in dairy cattle farms in catalonia, northeastern spain, using the maxent and satscan programs, respectively. the geographical distribution of neospora and coxiella with the highest level of probability (p > 0·60) covers central catalonia and spreads towards northeastern catalonia which contains a ... | 2013 | 22370223 |