title: Epidemiological study of equine piroplasmosis in Mongolia.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the occurrence of equine piroplasmosis in Mongolia, a country in which the disease occurs epidemically in different climatic conditions. Antibodies to Babesia equi and B. caballi were determined in serum samples of 254 pastured horses in different locations of Mongolia using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with recombinant antigens. One hundred and eighty-five (72.8%) and 102 (40.1%) of all serum samples were positive for B. equi and B. caballi infections, respectively. In addition, 78 (30.7%) samples were positive for both B. equi and B. caballi infections. These results indicate that equine piroplasmosis is widespread in Mongolia. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing an epidemiological study on equine piroplasmosis in different geographic regions in Mongolia.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inado-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Damdinsuren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boldbaatar
authors.forename: Xuenan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Badgar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battsetseg
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Banzragch
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battur
authors.forename: Zayat
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Batsukh
authors.forename: Badarch
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayambaa
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001403:Babesia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006736:Horses; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan