Seroprevalance of Canine Brucellosis and Toxoplasmosis in Female and Male Dogs and Relationship to Various Factors as Parity, Abortion and Pyometra

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalance of canine brucellosis and toxoplasmosis in female and male dogs and also determine the realtionship to various factors as parity, abortion and pyometra. Brucella canis is a disease of the reproductive tract that may cause late abortion, infertility and fail of conception with optimum insemination time in females and infection of the sexual organs in males. Toxoplasma gondii is an important obligate intracellular protozoan parasite which can affect all warm-blooded mammals and humans which may cause fatal diseases with severe problems, such as abortion. As a result, in this study B. canis was determined in low seroprevalence in some cases on the island (North Cyprus), T. gondii was determined as an important contagious parasite. Also reproductive parameters like parity, spaying, cyclicity could be important too and it was presented that extended evaluation of these factors is needed with further studies.

Investigation of <i>Brucella canis </i>and<i> Brucella abortus</i> Seropositivity by In-House Rapid Slide Agglutination Test and In-House ELISA in Northern Cyprus

“…The selected people for this study were people who were living in the countryside and 66.7% of these people were dog owner. The reason for the low rate of seropositivity we determined in our study may be because of the fact that Cyprus is an island country and therefore has controlled entry to the island (Ergene et al 2017). As the results for bacterial zoonoses in island countries shows a lower prevalance in general.…”

​Pathomorphological, Haemato-biochemical and Diagnostic Imaging Studies in Canine Pyometra

“…Progesterone surge along with reduced clearance of opportunistic bacterial pathogen may complicate the etiopathogenesis of pyometra in hormonally compromised uterus. Epidemiological risk factors like dioestrus stage, parity, breed as well as age (Ergene et al 2019) play a pivotal role in the disease pathology. Early screening of pyometra through clinical signs, haematology, blood biochemistry as well as ultrasonography might be helpful in limiting the disease severity and death (Shah et al 2017).…”

Investigation of Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in cattle in Siirt province in Turkey

“…Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic disease, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, and is quite common in the world, found in all mammals including humans, poultry, and reptiles Elfahal et al, 2013;Li et al, 2016;Ergene et al, 2017). Although it is clinically uncommon, it is common in the world according to the results of serological examinations in humans and animals.…”