Seroepidemiological survey of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses from a rural and from urban areas of Paraná State, southern Brazil

The objective of this study was to evaluate the seroepidemiological data of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in horses from a rural settlement and carthorses from urban areas of Paraná State, southern Brazil. A total of 198 horses, including 32 from the rural settlement and 166 carthorses from Col...

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Published in:Ticks and tick-borne diseases 2013-12, Vol.4 (6), p.537-541
Main Authors: Vieira, Thállitha S.W.J, Vieira, Rafael F.C, Finger, Mariane A.P, Nascimento, Denise A.G, Sicupira, Patrícia M.L, Dutra, Leonardo H, Deconto, Ivan, Barros-Filho, Ivan R, Dornbusch, Peterson T, Biondo, Alexander W, Vidotto, Odilon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal health
Animals
antibodies
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Babesia - immunology
Babesia - isolation & purification
Babesia caballi
Babesiosis - epidemiology
Babesiosis - parasitology
Brazil - epidemiology
Cattle
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary
Female
gender
Geography
health status
Horse Diseases - epidemiology
Horse Diseases - parasitology
Horses
Male
monitoring
Rural Health
Seroepidemiologic Studies
serological surveys
seroprevalence
Theileria - immunology
Theileria - isolation & purification
Theileria equi
Theileriasis - epidemiology
Theileriasis - parasitology
tick-borne diseases
ticks
urban areas
Urban Health
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Summary:The objective of this study was to evaluate the seroepidemiological data of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in horses from a rural settlement and carthorses from urban areas of Paraná State, southern Brazil. A total of 198 horses, including 32 from the rural settlement and 166 carthorses from Colombo (n=48), Pinhais (n=76), Londrina (n=24), and Curitiba city (n=18) was sampled and tested using a commercial competitive inhibition ELISA (cELISA) test. Out of the 198 horses, 193 (97.5%) were seropositive for at least one piroplasm species. Antibodies to T. equi were detected in 155/198 horses (78.3%), antibodies to B. caballi were detected in 137/198 horses (69.2%), and antibodies to both were detected in 99/198 (50.0%) horses. Horses living in the rural settlement and Colombo were more likely to be seropositive to T. equi than those in Curitiba (p
ISSN:1877-959X
1877-9603
DOI:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.07.005