Comparative diagnosis of parasitological, serological, and molecular tests in dourine-suspected horses.
Study on comparative sensitivity of parasitological, serological, and molecular tests on 237 horses originating from two dourine-suspected districts of Arsi-Bale highlands of Ethiopia was conducted to determine the prevalence of the disease and degree of agreement of the diagnostic tests. Accordingly, the prevalence of the disease was found to be 4.6%, 36.7%, and 47.6% by parasitological Woo test, RoTat 1.2 and 18S PCR tests, respectively. The seroprevalence of the disease was 27.6% in CATT/Trypanosoma evansi test. In Ethiopia, it was for the first time that trypanosomes from dourine suspected horses were demonstrated in 4.6% of the animals using Woo test. The findings of the present study disclosed that dourine is highly prevalent and one of the major diseases of horses in the area. There was no statistically significant difference (P>0.05) in prevalence of the disease between districts, sexes, and age groups of the animals. However, there was a statistically significant difference (P<0.05) in the prevalence of the disease between emaciated and animals with good body condition. Assessment of the degree of agreement of the diagnostic tests employed revealed low to fair (k = 0·1 - 0·4) with significantly higher sensitivity by PCR than other tests.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. fikruregassa@yahoo.com
Fikru Regassa
FR
Gari
Hagos
H
Ashenafi
Alemu
A
Tola
Bruno M
BM
Goddeeris
Filip
F
Claes
D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000662:veterinary*; D004313:Dourine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000662:veterinary*; D014345:Trypanosoma
D017931:DNA Primers