Serologic survey of Neospora caninum infection in a closed dairy cattle herd in Maryland: Risk of serologic reactivity by production groups

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-181

  Dyer, R M ^a,b   Jenkins, M C ^c   Kwok, O C H ^c   Douglas, L W ^a   Dubey, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bovine; Dairy cattle; Epidemiology; Neospora caninum; Neosporosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034720859     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00253-3     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anderson M.L., Blanchard P.C., Barr B.C., Dubey J.P., Hoffman R.L., Conrad P.A. Neospora-like protozoan infection as a major cause of abortion in California dairy cattle. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 198:1991;241-244.
2. Anderson M.L., Palmer C.W., Thurmond M.C., Picanso J.P., Blanchard P.C., Breitmeyer R.E., Layton A.W., McCallister M., Draft B., Kindle H., Read D.H., Dubey J.P., Conrad P.A., Barr B.C. Evaluations of abortions in cattle attributable to neosporosis in selected dairy herds in California. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 207:1995;1206-1210.
3. Anderson M.L., Reynolds J.P., Rowe J.D., Sverlow K.W., Packham A.E., Barr B.C., Conrad P.A. Evidence of vertical transmission of Neospora sp. infection in dairy cattle. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 210:1997;1169-1172.
4. Barr B.C., Conrad P.A., Breitmeyer R., Sverlow K., Anderson M.L., Reynolds J., Chauver A.E., Dubey J.P. Congenital Neospora infection in calves born from cows that had previously aborted Neospora-infected fetuses: four cases (1990-1992). J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 202:1993;113-117.
5. Bartels C.J.M., Wouda W., Schukken Y.H. Risk factors for Neospora caninum associated abortion storms in dairy herds in The Netherlands (1995-1997). Theriogenology. 52:1999;247-252.
6. Bjorkman C., Johansson O., Stenlund S., Holmdahl O.J., Uggla A. Neospora species infection in a herd of dairy cattle. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 208:1996;1441-1444.
7. Conrad P.A., Sverlow K., Anderson M.L., Rowe J., BonDurant R., Tuter G., Breitmeyer R., Palmer J., Thurmond M., Ardans A., Dubey J.P., Duhamel G., Barr B. Detection of serum antibody responses in cattle with natural or experimental Neospora infection in dairy cattle. Int. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 5:1993;572-578.
8. Davison H.C., Otter A., Tree A.J. Estimation of vertical and horizontal transmission parameters of Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle. Int. J. Parasitol. 29:1999;1683-1689.
9. De Marez T., Liddell S., Dubey J.P., Jenkins M.C., Gasbarre L. Oral infection of calves with Neospora caninum oocysts from dogs: humoral and cellular immune responses. Int. J. Parasitol. 29:1999;1647-1657.
10. Dubey J.P., Jenkins M.C., Adams D.S., McAllister M.M., Anderson M.L., Sprecher R., Baszler T.V., Kwok O.C.H., Lally N.C., Bjorkman C., Uggla A. Antibody responses of cows during an outbreak of neosporosis evaluated by indirect fluorescent antibody test and different enzyme linked immunosorbent assays. J. Parasitol. 83:1997;1063-1069.
11. Dubey J.P., Lindsay D.S. A review of Neospora caninum and neosporosis. Vet. Parasitol. 67:1996;1-59.
12. Dubey J.P., Lindsay D.S., Adams J.M., Gay T.V., Baszler D.S., Blagburn B.L., Thulliez P. Serologic responses of cattle and other animals infected with Neospora caninum. Am. J. Vet. Res. 57:1996;329-336.
13. Fine P.E. Vectors and vertical transmission: an epidemiologic perspective. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 266:1975;173-194.
14. French, N.P., Davidson, H.C., Clancy, D., Begon, M., Trees, A.J., 1998. Modeling of Neospora caninum species infection in dairy cattle: the importance of horizontal and vertical transmission and differential culling. In: Proceedings of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Ennis, 25-27 March 1998, pp. 113-122.
15. French N.P., Clancey D., Davison H.C., Trees A.J. Mathematical models of Neospora caninum infection in cattle: transmission and options for control. Int. J. Parasitol. 29:1999;1691-1704.
16. Jenkins M.C., Wouda W., Dubey J.P. Serologic responses overtime to recombinant Neospora caninum antigens in cattle after a neosporosis-induced abortion. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 4:1997;270-274.
17. Hietala S.K., Thurmond M.C. Postnatal Neospora caninum transmission and transient serologic response in two dairies. Int. J. Parasitol. 29:1999;1669-1676.
18. Kleinbaum, D.G., Kupper, L.L., Muller, K.E., 1988. Applied Regression Analysis and Other Multivariable Methods. Prindle, Weber & Schmidt, Boston, MA.
19. Lipstitch M., Nowak M.A., Ebert D., May R.M. The population dynamics of vertically and horizontally transmitted parasites. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 260:1995;321-327.
20. McAllister M.M., Dubey J.P., Lindsay D.S., William R.J., Wills R.A., McGuire A.M. Dogs are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum. Int. J. Parasitol. 28:1998;1473-1478.
21. McAllister M.M., Huffman E.M., Hietala S.K., Conrad P.A., Anderson M.L., Salman M.O. Evidence suggesting a point source exposure in an outbreak of bovine abortion due to neosporosis. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 8:1996;355-357.
22. Moen, A.R., Wouda, W., van Werven, T., 1995. Clinical and sero-epidemiological follow-up study in four dairy herds with an outbreak of Neospora abortion. In: Proceedings of the Dutch Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Lelystad, 13 December 1995, pp. 93-103.
23. Paré J., Fecteau G., Fortin M., Marsolais G. Seroepidemiologic study of Neospora caninum in dairy herds. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 11:1998;1595-1598.
24. Paré J., Thurmond M.C., Hietala S.K. Interpretation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test for diagnosis of Neospora sp. infection in cattle. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 7:1995;273-275.
25. Paré J., Thurmond M.C., Hietala S.K. Congenital Neospora caninum infection in dairy cattle and associated calfhood mortality. Can. J. Vet. Res. 60:1996;133-139.
26. Paré J., Thurmond M.C., Hietala S.K. Neospora caninum antibodies in cows during pregnancy as a predictor of congenital infection and abortion. J. Parasitol. 83:1997;82-87.
27. Schlesselman, J., 1982. Case-Control Studies. Oxford University Press, New York.
28. Thilsted J.P., Dubey J.P. Neosporosis-like abortions in a herd of dairy cattle. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 1:1989;205-209.
29. Thornton R.N., Gajadhar A., Evans J. Neospora abortion epidemic in a dairy herd. New Zealand Vet. J. 42:1994;190-191.
30. Thurmond M.C., Hietala S.K., Blanchard P.C. Herd-based diagnosis of Neospora caninum-induced endemic and epidemic abortion in cows and evidence for congenital and postnatal transmission. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 9:1997;44-49.
31. Trees A.J., Guy F., Low J.C., Roberts L., Buxton D., Dubey J.P. Serological evidence implicating Neospora species as a cause of abortion in British cattle. Vet. Rec. 134:1994;405-407.
32. Waldner C.L., Janzen E.D., Ribble C.S. Determination of the association between Neospora caninum infection and reproductive performance in beef herds. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 213:1998;685-690.
33. Wouda W., Dijkstra T., Kramer A.M.H., van Maanen C., Brinkhof J.M.A. Seroepidemiological evidence for a relationship between Neospora caninum infection in dogs and cattle. Int. J. Parasitol. 29:1999;1677-1682.
34. Yeager M.J., Shawd-Wessels S., Leslie-Steen P. Neospora abortion storm in a mid-western dairy. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 6:1994;506-508.