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ArticleTropical animal health and production2022

Prevalence and risk factors of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii infection in breeding ewes from central western Mexico.

J Alcalá-Gómez, L Medina-Esparza, I Vitela-Mendoza, C Cruz-Vázquez, T Quezada-Tristán, J F Gómez-Leyva

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Seroprevalence of Specific Antibodies toAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  3. Ovine Neosporosis: The Current Global Situation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

J Alcalá-GómezTecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí, El Llano, 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
L Medina-EsparzaTecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí, El Llano, 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico. lmedinaesparza@yahoo.com.mx.
I Vitela-MendozaTecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí, El Llano, 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
C Cruz-VázquezTecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí, El Llano, 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
T Quezada-TristánCentro de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
J F Gómez-LeyvaTecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlajomulco, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico.
Tecnológico Nacional de México · MXAutonomous University of Aguascalientes · MXUniversidad Autónoma de Guadalajara · MXUniversidad Tecnológica de Aguascalientes · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyse the prevalence of infection by N. caninum and T. gondii in breeding ewes from central western Mexico. For this purpose, 184 blood samples were collected from sheep in the reproductive stage, which were analysed by ELISA and PCR tests, respectively, and the association between seroprevalence and some management factors was estimated by means of a logistic regression analysis. For N. caninum, a seroprevalence of 15.22% was identified, while the DNA detection in blood was 14.13% (26/184); positive animals were found in 75% of the farms (6/8). The variables poor placental waste management (OR 8.4), abortion history (OR 1.5) and presence of rodents (OR 1.3) were identified as risk factors for N. caninum infection. In the case of T. gondii, a seroprevalence of 61.96% was found, and antibodies were detected in eight farms included in the study; no positive samples were identified for T. gondii by the PCR test. The main identified risk factors for T. gondii were as follows: poor hygiene conditions (OR 12.5), presence of cats (OR 9.5), presence of other domestic animals (OR 5.7), urban context of the farm (OR 9.5) and public water supply (OR 5.3). The seroprevalence of co-infection of T. gondii and N. caninum in breeding ewes was 7% (13/184; 95% CI 6.92-7.20). T. gondii has a high seroprevalence while N. caninum was of lower proportion, and both may be associated with reproductive losses for these herds studied.

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Cat DiseasesNeosporaSheep DiseasesToxoplasmosisAnimalsBreedingCatsFemaleMexicoPlacentaPregnancyPrevalenceRisk FactorsSeroepidemiologic StudiesSheepCo-infectionDNANeosporosisSeroprevalenceSheepToxoplasmosis

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