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ArticleScientific reports2023

Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle in Egypt: a serosurvey and associated risk factors.

Abdelfattah Selim, Ayed Alshammari, Hattan S Gattan, Mohamed Marzok, Mohamed Salem, Omar A Al-Jabr

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  20. Evaluation of Immunodiagnostic Performances ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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6 authors.

Abdelfattah SelimDepartment of Animal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Toukh, 13736, Egypt. Abdelfattah.selim@fvtm.bu.edu.eg.
Ayed AlshammariDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Hafr Al-Batin, Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia.
Hattan S GattanDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed MarzokDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, 31982, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. mmarzok@kfu.edu.sa.
Mohamed SalemDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, 31982, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Omar A Al-JabrDepartment of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, 31982, Al-Asha, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neospora caninum (N. caninum) is one of the causative agents that causing cattle abortion, and severe economic losses. Due to the scarcity of data on N. caninum infection in Egyptian cattle, the purpose of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence and determine the risk factors for parasite infection. In four governorates in northern Egypt, 540 blood samples from cattle were taken, and tested using a commercial ELISA kit. The overall seroprevalence of N. caninum in examined cattle was 28.89%. A multivariate logistic regression model determined that age (OR = 2.63, P < 0.001), manual milking (OR = 1.39, P = 0.14), abortion history (OR = 2.78, P < 0.0001), repetition of estrus (OR = 2.31, P < 0.0001), and contact with dogs (OR = 2.57, P < 0.0001) were significant risk factors. The findings proved that N. caninum infection was one of the factors contributing to abortion and financial losses in dairy cattle in Egypt. Therefore, the application of sanitary security and control programs is very important in dairy farms.

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CoccidiosisNeosporaAnimalsCattleDogsEgyptFemalePregnancyRisk FactorsSeroepidemiologic Studies

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