Equine neosporosis: search for antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and sera from animals with history of ataxia
Equine neosporosis is caused by the protozoans Neospora caninum and N. hughesi. Its clinical signs include hindlimb paralysis, incoordination, ataxia, and abortion. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from 38 equines with history of ataxia for indirect fluorescent antibody tes...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/140935 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.rbmv.com.br/?link=verart&tipo=ID&campo1=609 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/140935 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Neospora caninum Neospora hughesi Equine Cerebrospinal fluid Serum Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) Equino Liquido cefalorraquidiano Soro Reação de imunofluorescência indireta |
| Sumario: | Equine neosporosis is caused by the protozoans Neospora caninum and N. hughesi. Its clinical signs include hindlimb paralysis, incoordination, ataxia, and abortion. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from 38 equines with history of ataxia for indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) in order to detect antibodies to N. caninum. Of the tested serum samples 15/26 (57.6%) were positive, whereas all CFS samples were negative. These seronegative CFS samples suggest that N. caninum has no relation to the manifestation of the neurological clinical signs of ataxia. |
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