Seroprevalence and associated risk factors for Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Bovine neosporosis is a widespread parasitic disease associated with significant economic losses. Its effects on the reproductive performance of cows have resulted in losses that run into the hundreds of millions of US dollars in dairy industries in various countries (Reichel et al., Int J Parasitol 43:133-142, 2013). Due to outdated and scant information on the occurrence of Neospora caninum infection in South Africa, the study aimed to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with infection in dairy cattle in South Africa. A total of 1401 blood samples were randomly collected from cattle on 48 dairy farms in seven of the nine provinces in South Africa. A close-ended questionnaire was used in a cross-sectional study to obtain farm-level and animal-level data. Serological t

SUBMITTER: Tagwireyi WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324681 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature