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Vivien Midori Morikawa1, Cristina Kraemer Zimpel1, Igor Adolfo Dexheimer Paploski2, Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunold Lara3, Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos3, Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira Romaldini3, Liria Hiromi Okuda3, Alexander Welker Biondo1, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho1.
Abstract
Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) have the potential to act as hosts of important infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses. Blood samples from 17 Barbary sheep at the Curitiba zoo were collected to evaluate occurrences of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies, tested using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT). Anti-T. gondii and anti-N. caninum antibodies were detected in 4/17 (23.5%) and 4/17 (23.5%) samples, respectively. The present study has shown that Barbary sheep at Curitiba zoo were exposed to T. gondii and N. caninum and therefore may act as intermediate hosts, spreading toxoplasmosis and neosporosis within and between species in shared areas.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25054509 DOI： 10.1590/s1984-29612014034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Bras Parasitol Vet ISSN： 0103-846X