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Prevalence of antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii in horses from the north of Portugal
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نویسنده
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lopes a.p. ,sousa s. ,dubey j. ,ribeiro a.j. ,silvestre r. ,cotovio m. ,schallig h.d.f.h. ,cardoso l. ,cordeiro-da-silva a.
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منبع
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parasites and vectors - 2013 - دوره : 6 - شماره : 1
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چکیده
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Background: leishmania infantum and toxoplasma gondii are protozoa with zoonotic and economic importance. prevalences of antibodies to these agents were assessed in 173 horses from the north of portugal. findings. antibodies to l. infantum were detected by the direct agglutination test (dat); seven (4.0%) horses were seropositive with dat titres of 200 (n = 5),800 (n = 1) and ≥ 1600 (n = 1). antibodies to t. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (mat); 23 (13.3%) horses were seropositive with mat titres of 20 (n = 13),40 (n = 5),80 (n = 3) and ≥ 160 (n = 2). no statistical differences were found among equine categories of gender (female,male and gelding),age (1.5-6,7-12 and 13-30 years),type of housing (indoors and mixed/outdoors),ability (recreation,farming and sports) and clinical status (apparently healthy and sick) for both agents. conclusions: horses are exposed to and may be infected with l. infantum and t. gondii in the north of portugal. © 2013 lopes et al.; licensee biomed central ltd.
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کلیدواژه
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Antibodies; Horses; Leishmania infantum; Portugal; Toxoplasma gondii
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آدرس
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department of veterinary sciences,school of agrarian and veterinary sciences,university of trás-os-montes e alto douro (utad),vila real,portugal,animal and veterinary research centre,utad,vila real, Portugal, parasite disease group,instituto de biologia molecular e celular (ibmc),universidade do porto,porto, Portugal, animal parasitic diseases laboratory,beltsville agricultural research center,united states department of agriculture,beltsville,md, United States, veterinary hospital,utad,vila real, Portugal, parasite disease group,instituto de biologia molecular e celular (ibmc),universidade do porto,porto, Portugal, department of veterinary sciences,school of agrarian and veterinary sciences,university of trás-os-montes e alto douro (utad),vila real,portugal,animal and veterinary research centre,utad,vila real, Portugal, department of parasitology,koninklijk instituut voor de tropen (kit),royal tropical institute,amsterdam, Netherlands, department of veterinary sciences,school of agrarian and veterinary sciences,university of trás-os-montes e alto douro (utad),vila real,portugal,parasite disease group,instituto de biologia molecular e celular (ibmc),universidade do porto,porto, Portugal, parasite disease group,instituto de biologia molecular e celular (ibmc),universidade do porto,porto,portugal,departamento de ciências biológicas,faculdade de farmácia,up,porto, Portugal
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