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| Title: | First cross-sectional serological survey on Besnoitia besnoiti in cattle in Italy |
| Authors: | Rinaldi, Laura
Maurelli, Maria Paola
Musella, Vincenzo
Bosco, Antonio
Cortes, Helder
Cringoli, Giuseppe |
| Keywords: | Besnoitia besnoiti
Epidemiology
Italy |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Citation: | Rinaldi, Laura; Maurelli, Maria Paola; Musella, Vincenzo; Bosco, Antonio; Cortes, Helder; Cringoli, Giuseppe. First cross-sectional serological survey on Besnoitia besnoiti in cattle in Italy, Parasitology Research, 112, 4, 1805-1807, 2012. |
| Abstract: | A cross-sectional serological survey was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of besnoitiosis in cattle farms located in a region of southern Italy. A geographical information system (GIS) was used in order to uniformly sample the bovine farms (n = 88) throughout the entire region. Blood samples were collected from 528 autochthonous cattle and sera were tested for antibodies to Besnoitia besnoiti using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test. The farm prevalence was 83.0 % (73/88), and the individual animal prevalence was 44.1 % (233/528). The availability of geo-referenced point or areal data on bovine besnoitiosis and the construction of prevalence maps by GIS are suggested for dissemination of information to veterinarians on this emerging infection in cattle. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/10661 |
| ISSN: | 0932-0113 |
| Type: | article |
| Appears in Collections: | MED - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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