TY  - JOUR
T1  - High Occurrence of Neospora caninum Antibodies in Buffaloes from the Central, Thailand
AU - Toompong, Jitbanjong AU - Chaikhun-Marcou, Thuchadaporn AU - Intarapak, Apiradee 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 19
IS  - 3
SP  - 34
EP  - 37
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2020.34.37
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2020.34.37
KW  - Thailand
KW  -seroprevalence
KW  -buffalo
KW  -Neospora caninum
KW  -Murah
AB  - <i>Neospora caninum</i> is now recognized as a
major cause of abortion in cattle worldwide. The
prevalence of <i>N. caninum</i> infection in buffaloes reported
worldwide caused the buffalo considered to be an
important intermediate host of <i>N. caninum</i> even though
the role of <i>N. caninum</i> infection in buffalo is still unclear.
At present, there was only few reports concerned <i>N.
caninum</i> infection in buffaloes from Thailand. We
examined the seroprevalence of <i>N. caninum</i> antibodies in
112 clinical healthy buffaloes from the central, Thailand
using a commercial competitive ELISA (VMRD,
Pullman, USA). Antibodies to <i>N. caninum</i> were found in
78 out of 112 buffaloes (69.6%). Our study showed the
high seroprevalence of <i>N. caninum</i> infection in
buffaloes from Thailand. To our knowledge, this is the
first report of N. caninum infection in Murah, river
buffaloes and crossbred buffaloes in Thailand.
ER  -