Abstract

Serum samples from 47 free living and 106 farmed red deer (Census elaphus) from the Mazurian Like District in north-Cast Poland were investigated for the presence of antibodies to Neospora caninum. A modified Neospora iscom-ELISA was used for initial screening. All sera with optical density (OD) values exceeding 0.400 absorbance units were further investigated by Western blot analysis. Eighteen sera were positive in both tests. Six of these were from free living and 12 from farmed animals giving prevalence of 13 and 11%, respectively.This is the first report of N. caninum infection in farmed and free-living red deer living in the same region where neosporosis was confirmed in cattle and the first evidence of exposure to the parasite in red deer in Poland.

Keywords

red deer (Cervus elaphus); Neospora caninum; iscom-ELISA; Western blot; Poland

Published in

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
2010, Volume: 13, number: 1, pages: 117-120
Publisher: POLISH ACAD SCIENCES, COMMITTEE VETERINARY SCIENCES

SLU Authors

• Björkman, Camilla

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science


Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/60883