Abstract

CARDONA, José A.; MARTINEZ, Yordan  and  BETANCUR, César A.. SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF FEMALE COWS NATURALLY INFECTED WITH Neospora caninum IN CORDOBA, COLOMBIA. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.2, pp.401-408. ISSN 0123-4226.

The aim of the work was to contribute to the knowlege of the seroepidemiology of Neospora caninum and to evaluate sarcocystine levels in animals with reproductive failures in Montería, Córdoba, Colombia. A total of 162 serum samples of cows and 28 canines belonging to 28 farms distributed in the municipality of Monteria were evaluated using the indirect ELISA test to determine N . caninum seropositivity. A program EPIDAT 3.1 was carried out to calculate the size of the samples and the data were processed through a chi Square test using SPSS 19 program, results were interpreted according to the variables: zone, age, type of exploitation, and the event or reproductive problem detected, sex, presence of canines and sarcocystina levels. The estimated prevalence of N . caninum in cows was 74.7%. No significant associations (P>0.05) were observed between the variables studied and seropositivity to protozoan. The results obtained to confirm the evidence of the circulation antigenic of N . caninum again in the cattle from Montería, Córdoba (Colombia) which it is necessary to implement a control program and prevention of dissemination of infection.

Keywords : Neospora caninum; reproduction; seroepidemi- ology; neosporosis.

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