Neosporose equina: Pesquisa de anticorpos no liquido cefalorraquidiano e soro sanguíneo de animais com histórico de ataxia

Stelmann, Ulisses Jorge Pereira [UNESP]; Ullmann, Leila Sabrina [UNESP]; Langoni, Hélio [UNESP]; Amorim, Rogério Martins [UNESP]

Neosporose equina: Pesquisa de anticorpos no liquido cefalorraquidiano e soro sanguíneo de animais com histórico de ataxia

Data

2011-01-01

Autores

Stelmann, Ulisses Jorge Pereira

Ullmann, Leila Sabrina

Langoni, Hélio

Amorim, Rogério Martins

Tipo

Artigo

Resumo

Equine neosporosis is caused by the protozoans Neospora caninum and N. hughesi. Its clinical signs include hindlimb paralysis, incoordination, ataxia, and abortion. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from 38 equines with history of ataxia for indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) in order to detect antibodies to N. caninum. Of the tested serum samples 15/26 (57.6%) were positive, whereas all CFS samples were negative. These seronegative CFS samples suggest that N. caninum has no relation to the manifestation of the neurological clinical signs of ataxia.