Prevalence of antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii in horses from the north of Portugal

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Ana Patricia Lopes (Autor) Outra; Susana Sousa (Autor) Outra; Dubey, JP (Autor) Outra; Ana J Ribeiro (Autor) Outra; Ricardo Silvestre (Autor) Outra; Mario Cotovio (Autor) Outra; Henk D F H Schallig (Autor) Outra; Luis Cardoso (Autor) Outra; Anabela Cordeiro da Silva (Autor) FFUP

Revista

Título: Parasites & Vectors

Vol. 6

Página Final: 178

ISSN: 1756-3305

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 15 Citações

Scopus - 28 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde > Ciências da saúde

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-006-A1P

DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-178

Abstract (EN): Background: Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii are protozoa with zoonotic and economic importance. Prevalences of antibodies to these agents were assessed in 173 horses from the north of Portugal. Findings: Antibodies to L. infantum were detected by the direct agglutination test (DAT); seven (4.0%) horses were seropositive with DAT titres of 200 (n = 5), 800 (n = 1) and >= 1600 (n = 1). Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT); 23 (13.3%) horses were seropositive with MAT titres of 20 (n = 13), 40 (n = 5), 80 (n = 3) and >= 160 (n = 2). No statistical differences were found among equine categories of gender (female, male and gelding), age (1.5-6, 7-12 and 13-30 years), type of housing (indoors and mixed/outdoors), ability (recreation, farming and sports) and clinical status (apparently healthy and sick) for both agents. Conclusions: Horses are exposed to and may be infected with L. infantum and T. gondii in the north of Portugal.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 4