title: Seroprevalence for Neospora caninum in goats of Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
abstract: This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in serum samples from 667 goats, collected from 90 herds in 90 municipalities in eight of the twelve mesoregions of Minas Gerais State. The presence of anti-N. caninum antibodies was determined by IFAT with a cut-off value of 1:50. The true herd-level seroprevalence in the entire study area was 75.2% (CI 95%: 59.5-90.9%). The true individual-level seroprevalence in the entire study area was 10.7% (CI 95%: 8.3-13.4%) with titers ranging from 50 (50.5%) to 3200 (1.7%). The serological evidence from this study indicated that N. caninum infection is widely distributed among goat-rearing herds in Minas Gerais and further studies are needed in order to evaluate the impact of this parasite as a cause of reproductive disorders.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Lavras, UFLA, Campus da UFLA, Caixa Postal 3037, CEP 37200-000 Lavras, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gislaine da Silva
authors.initials: Gda S
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Fábio Raphael Pascoti
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Bruhn
authors.forename: Christiane Maria Barcellos Magalhães
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Sá Guimarães
authors.forename: Aurora Maria Guimarães
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gouveia
authors.forename: Antônio Marcos
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Guimarães
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D018688:Neospora; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies