Authors : Jitbanjong Toompong, Thuchadaporn Chaikhun-Marcou and Apiradee Intarapak
Abstract: Neospora caninum is now recognized as a major cause of abortion in cattle worldwide. The prevalence of N. caninum infection in buffaloes reported worldwide caused the buffalo considered to be an important intermediate host of N. caninum even though the role of N. caninum infection in buffalo is still unclear. At present, there was only few reports concerned N. caninum infection in buffaloes from Thailand. We examined the seroprevalence of N. caninum antibodies in 112 clinical healthy buffaloes from the central, Thailand using a commercial competitive ELISA (VMRD, Pullman, USA). Antibodies to N. caninum were found in 78 out of 112 buffaloes (69.6%). Our study showed the high seroprevalence of N. caninum infection in buffaloes from Thailand. To our knowledge, this is the first report of N. caninum infection in Murah, river buffaloes and crossbred buffaloes in Thailand.
Jitbanjong Toompong, Thuchadaporn Chaikhun-Marcou and Apiradee Intarapak, 2020. High Occurrence of Neospora caninum Antibodies in Buffaloes from the Central, Thailand. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 19: 34-37.