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ArticleTropical animal health and production2021

Molecular identification of Neospora caninum and co-infection with Toxoplasma gondii in genital apparatus of naturally infected cows in North Tunisia.

Yosra Amdouni, Mohamed Ridha Rjeibi, Sofia Awadi, Mohamed Gharbi

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Yosra AmdouniLaboratoire de Parasitologie, Univ. Manouba, Institution de La Recherche Et de L'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia. amdouniyosra.ay@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-6211
Mohamed Ridha RjeibiLaboratoire de Parasitologie, Univ. Manouba, Institution de La Recherche Et de L'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Sofia AwadiRegional Slaughterhouse of Béja, 9000, Béja, Tunisia.
Mohamed GharbiLaboratoire de Parasitologie, Univ. Manouba, Institution de La Recherche Et de L'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles, École Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidi Thabet, 2020, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.
Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles · TN

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the molecular prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and the co-infection by both Apicomplexan parasites in uterus tissues of cows. PCR was used to detect T. gondii and N. caninum DNA in uterus from 140 uteri of slaughtered cows in the regional slaughterhouse of Béja (Northwest Tunisia). Positive PCR products were sequenced and used for the phylogenetic analysis. The overall molecular prevalence of T. gondii and N. caninum in cows' uterus was 5 and 15.57%, respectively. Co-infection prevalence by the two parasites was estimated to be 2.85%. Risk factors including the age categories significantly affected the molecular prevalence of T. gondii and N. caninum in cows' uterus. The highest molecular prevalence of T. gondii (11.5 ± 3.1) and N. caninum (21.1 ± 11.1; p = 0.038) was observed in cows aged of more than 8 years. There were no differences depicted according to cow's breeds and localities. Comparison of the partial sequences of the ITS1 gene revealed 100% similarity among our N. caninum sequence (MW136256) and those deposited in GenBank. The T. gondii sequence described in this study (MW260335) was 99.4-100% homologous to T. gondii sequences published in the GenBank.To the best of our knowledge, this is the first molecular evidence of N. caninum and T. gondii co-infection in naturally infected cows in North Africa. This information is pertinent in designing control programmes that would reduce economic losses in the livestock industry.

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CoccidiosisCoinfectionNeosporaToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis, AnimalAnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanCattleFemaleGenitaliaPhylogenySeroepidemiologic StudiesTunisiaAntibodies, ProtozoanCo-infectionMolecular detectionNeospora caninumPCRToxoplasma gondiiTunisia

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