Korean J Parasitol.  2003 Dec;41(4):243-245. 10.3347/kjp.2003.41.4.243.

Seroprevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in dogs and raccoon dogs in Korea

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cheju National University, Jeju, 690-756, Republic of Korea.
  • 2Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
  • 3Department of Theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
  • 4Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
  • 5National Veterinary Research Institute and Quarantine Service, USA.
  • 6United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA.

Abstract

Neospora caninum is an important cause of abortion in cattle, and dogs are its only known definitive host. Its seroprevalence among domestic urban and rural dogs and feral raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis) in Korea was studied by indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and by the neospora agglutination test (NAT), respectively. Antibodies to N. caninum were found in 8.3% of urban dogs and in 21.6% of dogs at dairy farms. Antibody titers ranged from 1: 50 to 1: 400. Antibodies to N. caninum were found in six (23%) of 26 raccoon dogs. However, the potential role of raccoon dogs as a source of horizontal transmission of bovine neosporosis needs further investigation. The results of this study suggest that there is a close relationship between N. caninum infection among dairy farm dogs and cattle in Korea. This study reports for the first time upon the seroprevalence of N. caninum infection in raccoon dogs in Korea.

Keyword

Neospora caninum; Dogs; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis)

MeSH Terms

Animals
Animals, Domestic
Animals, Wild
Antibodies, Protozoan/*blood
Carnivora/*parasitology
Coccidiosis/epidemiology/*veterinary
Dog Diseases/*epidemiology/parasitology
Dogs
Korea/epidemiology
Neospora/*immunology
Seroepidemiologic Studies
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