title: Prevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in sera from camels from Egypt.
abstract: Sera from camels from Egypt were examined by the direct agglutination tests incorporating mercaptoethanol for antibodies to Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii. Antibodies to N. caninum were found in 6 of 161 camels in titers of 1:40 (2 camels) and 1:80, 1:160, 1:640, and 1:1280 in 1 camel each, using N. caninum formalin preserved whole tachyzoites as antigen. Antibodies to T. gondii were found in 17.4% of 166 camels in titers of 1:25 (3 camels), 1:50 (18 camels). and > 1:500 (8 camels) using T. gondii tachyzoites. All 6 camels with N. caninum antibodies had no T. gondii antibodies in 1:4 dilution of serum, indicating specificity of the reaction. This is the first report of N. caninum prevalence in Egypt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thulliez
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubey
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D002162:Camelus / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D018688:Neospora / Q000276:immunology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan