Neospora caninum infection in Greek dairy cattle herds detected by two antibody assays in individual milk samples |
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| Authors: | Sotiraki S Brozos C Samartzi F Schares G Kiossis E Conraths F J |
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| Institution: | Veterinary Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Ionia, 57008 Thessaloniki, Greece. smaro_sotiraki@yahoo.gr |
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| Abstract: | A survey to demonstrate the presence and the extent of Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle was carried out in Greece. Seven hundred and seventy-seven (777) individual milk samples from all milking cows in 10 dairy herds were tested using an ELISA (p38-milk-ELISA) and immunoblot analysis. The herd prevalence was 80.0% and 100.0%, while the overall prevalence was 15.2% (ranging between 0.0% and 38.9%) and 27.9% (ranging between 3.4% and 61.6%) based on the results of the ELISA and the immunoblot test, respectively. In conclusion, N. caninum infection is present among dairy cattle in Greece, deserving more studies to determine its contribution to abortion problems in Greek dairy herds. |
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