Prevalence of Antibodies to Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in Horses From Northeastern Mexico

The objective of this study was to obtain an estimate for seroprevalences of Theileria equi (Babesia equi) and Babesia caballi in horses from northeastern Mexico. Sera were collected in spring of 2007 in 248 clinically healthy horses used for different purposes. Antibodies were detected by the indir...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of parasitology 2012-08, Vol.98 (4), p.869-870
Hauptverfasser:	Cantú-Martínez, Marco A, Segura-Correa, José C, Silva-Páez, Maria L, Avalos-Ramírez, Ramiro, Wagner, G. Gale
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Age Distribution Age groups Animals Antibodies Antibodies, Protozoan - blood Antigens Babesia - immunology Babesia caballi Babesia equi Babesiosis Babesiosis - epidemiology Babesiosis - veterinary Biological and medical sciences Blood Chi-Square Distribution Confidence Intervals Female Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect - veterinary Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models Horse Diseases - epidemiology Horse Diseases - parasitology Horse racing Horses Infection Infections Invertebrates Male Males Mexico - epidemiology Parasites Parasitism RESEARCH NOTES Risk Factors Sensitivity and Specificity Seroepidemiologic Studies Serology seroprevalence Sex Sex Distribution spring Theileria - immunology Theileria equi Theileriasis - epidemiology Veterinary medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	The objective of this study was to obtain an estimate for seroprevalences of Theileria equi (Babesia equi) and Babesia caballi in horses from northeastern Mexico. Sera were collected in spring of 2007 in 248 clinically healthy horses used for different purposes. Antibodies were detected by the indirect immunofluorecent technique. The overall seroprevalence was 61.7% and those for T. equi and B. caballi were 45.2% and 27.4%, respectively. Horse purpose, sex, and age group were not associated with infection with Theileria equi or Babesia caballi.
ISSN:	0022-3395 1937-2345
DOI:	10.1645/GE-3064.1