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@article{1310458,
author = {Bártová, Eva and Machačová, Tereza and Sedlák, Kamil and Budíková, Marie and Mariani, Ugo and Veneziano, Vincenzo},
article_location = {Praha},
article_number = {July},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.043},
keywords = {serological test; Equus caballus; risk factor; toxoplasmosis; neosporosis},
language = {eng},
issn = {0015-5683},
journal = {Folia Parasitologica},
note = {Opraven obor publikace},
title = {Seroprevalence of antibodies of Neospora spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in horses from southern Italy},
url = {http://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/2015/01/43.pdf},
volume = {62},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1310458
AU - Bártová, Eva - Machačová, Tereza - Sedlák, Kamil - Budíková, Marie - Mariani, Ugo - Veneziano, Vincenzo
PY - 2015
TI - Seroprevalence of antibodies of Neospora spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in horses from southern Italy
JF - Folia Parasitologica
VL - 62
IS - July
SP - 1-4
EP - 1-4
PB - AV ČR, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centrum
SN - 00155683
N1 - Opraven obor publikace
KW - serological test
KW - Equus caballus
KW - risk factor
KW - toxoplasmosis
KW - neosporosis
UR - http://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/2015/01/43.pdf
N2 - The consumption of horse meat has been epidemiologically linked to clinical toxoplasmosis in humans and neosporosis that may cause clinical illness in horses. Here we determined seroprevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908 and species of Neospora Dubey, Carpenter, Speer, Topper et Uggla, 1988 in horses from Italy. Blood samples were collected from 643 apparently healthy horses from 60 farms of 51 municipalities in southern Italy. The presence of antibodies against T. gondii and Neospora spp. were detected by indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT); a titre at least 50 was considered positive. The same sera were also tested for antibodies against Neospora spp. by a competitive-inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA); samples with at least 30% inhibition were considered positive. Antibodies against T. gondii and Neospora spp. were detected in 19 (3.0%) and 15 (2.3%) horses by IFAT, respectively, without statistical difference between gender, age and breeds (p-value greater than 0.05). Antibodies against species of Neospora were detected in 70 (10.9%) horses by cELISA with statistical difference in gender (6.0–18.5%, p-value less than 0.05) and breeds (0–19.4%, p-value less than 0.05). Although T. gondii infection rates were low, the risk of human infection should not be dismissed, particularly in Italy where consumption of raw or undercooked horse meat has a long tradition.
ER -
BÁRTOVÁ, Eva, Tereza MACHAČOVÁ, Kamil SEDLÁK, Marie BUDÍKOVÁ, Ugo MARIANI and Vincenzo VENEZIANO. Seroprevalence of antibodies of Neospora spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in horses from southern Italy. \textit{Folia Parasitologica}. Praha: AV ČR, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centrum, 2015, vol.~62, July, p.~1-4. ISSN~0015-5683. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.043.
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