Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in animals from three zoos in Slovakia

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100855" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100855</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in animals from three zoos in Slovakia

Original language description

The aim of this study was to detect antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in exotic animal species kept in three zoos in Slovakia.Antibodies to T. gondii and N. caninum were detected by commercial Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA, ID Screen Toxoplasmosis Indirect Multispecies and ID Screen Neospora caninum Indirect Multispecies, ID Vet, Montpellier, France). Antibodies to T. gondii and N. caninum were detected in 43% (24/56) and 5% (3/55) of animals, respectively. The three animals with N. caninum antibodies: two wolves (Canis lupus) and one Hartmann&apos;s mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae), were clinically healthy, and both wolves simultaneously had antibodies to T. gondii. The results of our study provide a picture of the recent circulation of T. gondii in three Slovakian zoos with the S/ P (ratio of antibodies in the sample to antibodies in positive control) value higher than 200%, found in five animals (9%) indicating acute toxoplasmosis. The highest S/P value (296%) was detected in a Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway), which was healthy without clinical signs, presuming that Roloway monkey is a species less susceptible to T. gondii infection.Results of our study showed the presence of T. gondii and N. caninum in Slovakian zoos, confirming recent T. gondii infections according to the high level of antibodies detected in five animals, referring to acute toxoplasmosis.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Veterinary Parasitology- Regional Studies and Reports

ISSN

2405-9390

e-ISSN

2405-9390

Volume of the periodical

40

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001026540200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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