ResumoSoros de 521 vacas do município de Avaré, SP, foram analisados pelos métodos de reação de imunofluorescência indireta (RIFI) e teste imunoenzimático (ELISA) para a detecção de anticorpos contra Neospora caninum. As amostras reagentes para Neospora também foram submetidas à RIFI para Toxoplasma gondii. Pelo método de RIFI 15,9% das amostras foram positivas para N. caninum nas diluições de 1:200 a 1:1600 e pelo teste de ELISA 30,5% dos soros foram positivos. Das amostras positivas para ELISA e negativas para a RIFI 1:200, 46 foram reagentes na diluição de 1:160. Todas as 129 vacas positivas para RIFI nas diluições ≥ 1:160 também o foram para ELISA. Dos 44 abortamentos constatados, 14 (31,8%) e 18 (40,9%) vacas apresentaram título na RIFI ≥ 1:200 e ≥ 1:160, respectivamente, e 24 (54,5%) reagiram ao teste de ELISA. Dos 159 soros que reagiram para N. caninum nos testes de RIFI e/ou ELISA, apenas seis foram positivos para T. gondii pelo método de RIFI e, das 44 vacas com histórico de abortamentos, apenas uma apresentou anticorpos anti-Toxoplasma. Esses resultados sugerem a presença de N. caninum nos rebanhos estudados e sua relação com os abortamentos observados. Palavras-chave: Neosporose, bovinos, Apicomplexa.
AbstractSera of 521 dairy cows from herds in Avaré County, SP were examined by indirect fluorescent-antibody test (IFAT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to Neospora caninum. The positive samples for Neospora were also tested for Toxoplasma gondii by IFAT. By using IFAT 15.9% of the samples reacted for N. caninum with dilution between 1:200 and 1: 1600. By using ELISA 30.5% were seropositive for Neospora. Of the samples that were positive to ELISA and negative to IFAT for antibodies titers of 1:200, 46 showed IFAT titers of 1:160. All 129 cows that were seropositive to IFAT with titers of 1:200 and 1:160 were also positive to ELISA. Out of 44 detected abortions, 14 (31.8%) and 18 (40.9%) cows had IFAT titers of ≥ 1:200 and ≥ 1:160, respectively, and 24 (54.5%) cows were positive to ELISA. Of the 159 seropositive samples to N. caninum to IFAT and/or ELISA, only six were positive to IFAT to T. gondii. Moreover, among the 44 cows with history of abortion, only one demonstrated antibodies to Toxoplasma. These results suggest the presence of N. caninum in the herds that were evaluated and the potential relationship with the observed abortions.
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