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- Title
Antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats from Brazil.
- Authors
K. Bresciani; S. Gennari; A. Serrano; A. Rodrigues; T. Ueno; L. Franco; S. Perri; A. Amarante
- Abstract
Abstract??The occurrence of antibodies toNeospora caninumandToxoplasmagondiiwas determined in 400 domestic cats (Siamese, Persian, and undetermined breeds) from the Municipality of Ara?atuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, through the indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Of the 400 cats, 100 were seropositive toT. gondii(25%, titer ?64) and 98 toN. caninum(24.5%, titer ?16). The rate of seropositive cats forT. gondiiwas correlated with age (?2=35.7;p<0.001), with a higher number of infected animals at older ages. Of the 219 cats younger than 1-year-old, 13.2% were seropositive forT. gondii, while 39.2% were positive in the 181 older animals. The presence ofN. caninumwas also correlated with age (?2=8.8;p<0.01), with 18.7% (41/219) and 31.5% (57/181) of positive animals at ages below and above 12-month, respectively. An association between the occurrences of both protozoa in the felines was also observed (?2=19.6;p<0.001).
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TOXOPLASMA gondii; CAT parasites; TOXOPLASMA
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2007, Vol 100, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-006-0262-4