SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA AND PIROPLASMOSIS IN WORKING EQUINES FROM VERACRUZ MUNICIPALITY, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Equine infectious anemia (AIE) and piroplasmosis, by Theileria equi (T. equi) and Babesia caballi (B. caballi), can generate negative impact on working equines, due to the deterioration of their health and well-being, that causes economic loss to their owners. Information on the working equid population is limited. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of working equines seropositive to those diseases in the municipality of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, which are hypothesized to be present. The study was cross-sectional epidemiological and the sampling was for convenience, with the participation of cooperating owners, in 46 horses and seven donkeys presumed healthy. Equines were more than six months old and had not been medicated with any anti protozoal meds at least 15 d before sampling. A general physical examination was performed on each equine. The samples were extracted and deposited in tubes with negative pressure, without anticoagulant, and were preserved under refrigeration until their processing at the Laboratory of Physiology and Animal Behavior of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the Universidad Veracruzana. For the serological diagnosis of both diseases, competitive linked-to-enzymes immunoassay techniques were used with commercial kits. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics using the software Statistix© ver. 10. Among the 53 sampled equines, 37.7 % were positive for AIE, 50.9 % for T. equi and 26.4 % to B. caballi. The presence of AIE and piroplasmosis allows to consider them as endemic in the studied population. This is the first report of both diseases for working equines in the state of Veracruz.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Colegio de Postgraduados
2018
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| Online Access: | https://www.agrociencia-colpos.org/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/1736 |
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