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Prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum was determined in a cross-sectional consensus survey of 1029 bovines in a dairy herd with endemic Neospora-induced abortion. Sera were screened by indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT). The prevalence of N. caninum antibody in the IFAT was 17.9% in 107 neonates, 26.2% in 233 yearling heifers and steers, 39.07% in 218 mature heifers, and 26.9% in 465 milking cows. Serologic reactivity was associated with production grouping on the farm with the greatest risk of serologic reactivity appearing in the yearling and mature heifers. There was an increasing risk of serologic reactivity with increasing age only in the parity one and greater animals in the herd. Castrated males were at half the risk of similarly aged females of possessing antibodies to N. caninum. There was no clear relationship between the serologic status of dams and offspring.

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Author

R.M. Dyer; M.C. Jenkins; O.C.H. Kwok; L.W. Douglas; J.P. Dubey

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4017)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)