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BACKGROUND:Leishmania infantum and Toxoplasma gondii are protozoa with zoonotic and economic importance. Prevalences of antibodies to these agents were assessed in 173 horses from the north of Portugal. FINDINGS:Antibodies to L. infantum were detected by the direct agglutination test (DAT); seven (4.0%) horses were seropositive with DAT titres of 200 (n = 5), 800 (n = 1) and ≥ 1600 (n = 1). Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT); 23 (13.3%) horses were seropositive with MAT titres of 20 (n = 13), 40 (n = 5), 80 (n = 3) and ≥ 160 (n = 2). No statistical differences were found among equine categories of gender (female, male and gelding), age (1.5-6, 7-12 and 13-30 years), type of housing (indoors and mixed/outdoors), ability (recreation, farming and sports) and clinical status (apparently healthy and sick) for both agents. CONCLUSIONS:Horses are exposed to and may be infected with L. infantum and T. gondii in the north of Portugal.
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Lopes AP,Sousa S,Dubey JP,Ribeiro AJ,Silvestre R,Cotovio M,Schallig HD,Cardoso L,Cordeiro-da-Silva Adoi
10.1186/1756-3305-6-178subject
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2013-06-17 00:00:00pages
178issn
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