Journal article
Seroprevalence of antibodies against Neospora caninum in diagnostic equine serum samples and their possible association with fetal loss
Veterinary parasitology, Vol.105(3), pp.257-260
05/02/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110537
PMID: 11934465
Abstract
A case-control study of the association between the presence of serum antibodies against Neospora spp. and fetal loss was performed on serum samples submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in northwestern United States. Control sera were randomly selected from those submitted from healthy horses for routine equine infectious anemia testing required for regulatory health certification. Case sera were randomly selected from those submitted from aborting mares for diagnostic workup. Based on a 1:50 or greater titer on the indirect fluorescent antibody test, 8% of the 160 control sera and 13% of the 140 case sera were titer positive. The association odds ratio of 1.67 fell short of statistical significance (p=0.124).
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- Title
- Seroprevalence of antibodies against Neospora caninum in diagnostic equine serum samples and their possible association with fetal loss
- Creators
- Michael G McDole - Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6610, USAJohn M Gay
- Publication Details
- Veterinary parasitology, Vol.105(3), pp.257-260
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Identifiers
- 99900547039701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article