Neosporosis as a cause of abortion in dairy cattle in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. |
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| Authors: | L G Corbellini D Driemeier C F E Cruz L F P Gondim V Wald |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Departamento de Patologia Cl??nica Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9090, Cx. Postal 15094, CEP 91540-000, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;2. Escola de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Av. Ademar de Barros 500, CEP 40170-110, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil;1. INRA, Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée, UMR 1286, 33076 Bordeaux, France;2. Univ. Bordeaux, Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée, UMR 1286, 33076 Bordeaux, France;3. Nutribrain Research and Technology transfer of Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée, 33076 Bordeaux, France;4. Lactalis Nutrition Europe, Torce, France;5. Lactalis Recherche et Développement, Retiers, France;1. Division of Parasitology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagan, Israel;2. Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;3. Israeli National Toxoplasmosis Reference Centre, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel;4. National Public Health Laboratory, Tel Aviv, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Israel;5. Israeli Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Beit Dagan, Israel;1. Department of Allergy/Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga;2. Cornell Center for Reproductive Medicine, New York, NY;1. INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, Vetagro Sup, UMRH, 63122, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France;2. Departmemt of Animal Science, Aarhus University, 8830, Tjele, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Forty-six aborted bovine fetuses submitted to the Faculty of Veterinary, Department of Clinical Pathology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, were examined histopathologically. Non-suppurative inflammation was observed mainly in the brain and heart of 22 fetuses. Brain lesions consisted primarily of mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltrates with occasional foci of necrosis. Protozoa that reacted with Neospora caninum antisera were seen in 18 of the 22 (81.8%) brain specimens from fetuses with encephalitis. Blood samples collected from 223 Holstein cows on five dairy herds were tested for N. caninum antibodies by an immunofluorescent antibody technique. These samples were obtained from aborting cattle and normally calving cattle (control group). Overall, 11.2% of cows sampled had N. caninum antibodies at a dilution of 1:200. Seroprevalence was higher (P = 0.0053) in aborting (23.3%) than in non-aborting cows (8.3%). Association between seropositivity to N. caninum and abortion was found, with seropositive cows being 3.3 times more likely to abort than seronegative cows (OR = 3.33; 95% CI: 1.38, 8.062). Additionally, N. caninum antibodies were detected in sera from seven cows that had aborted fetuses with lesions suggestive of protozoal infection. These results suggest that N. caninum is an important cause of abortion in dairy cattle in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. |
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