TY - JOUR
T1 - Occurrences of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in Barbary sheep at Curitiba zoo, southern Brazil
AU - Morikawa, Vivien M.idori
AU - Zimpel, Cristina K.raemer
AU - Paploski, Igor A.dolfo Dexheimer
AU - Lara, Maria do Carmo C.ustódio de Souza H.unold
AU - Villalobos, Eliana M.onteforte Cassaro
AU - Romaldini, Adriana H.ellmeister de Campos N.ogueira
AU - Okuda, Liria H.iromi
AU - Biondo, Alexander W.elker
AU - Barros Filho, Ivan R.oque de
PY - 2014/4/1
Y1 - 2014/4/1
N2 - Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) have the potential to act as hosts of important infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses. Blood samples from 17 Barbary sheep at the Curitiba zoo were collected to evaluate occurrences of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies, tested using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Anti-T. gondii and anti-N. caninum antibodies were detected in 4/17 (23.5%) and 4/17 (23.5%) samples, respectively. The present study has shown that Barbary sheep at Curitiba zoo were exposed to T. gondii and N. caninum and therefore may act as intermediate hosts, spreading toxoplasmosis and neosporosis within and between species in shared areas.
AB - Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) have the potential to act as hosts of important infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses. Blood samples from 17 Barbary sheep at the Curitiba zoo were collected to evaluate occurrences of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies, tested using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Anti-T. gondii and anti-N. caninum antibodies were detected in 4/17 (23.5%) and 4/17 (23.5%) samples, respectively. The present study has shown that Barbary sheep at Curitiba zoo were exposed to T. gondii and N. caninum and therefore may act as intermediate hosts, spreading toxoplasmosis and neosporosis within and between species in shared areas.
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U2 - 10.1590/S1984-29612014034
DO - 10.1590/S1984-29612014034
M3 - Article
C2 - 25054509
AN - SCOPUS:84975743622
SN - 0103-846X
VL - 23
SP - 255
EP - 259
JO - Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria
JF - Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria
IS - 2
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