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Epidemiological investigations of abortions due to Neospora caninum on Swiss dairy farms
Author(s) -
Hassig M.,
Gottstein B.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.150.17.538
Subject(s) - neospora caninum , herd , veterinary medicine , odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , epidemiology , zoology , biology , antibody , immunology , toxoplasma gondii
Abortions apparently due to Neospora caninum in two Swiss dairy herds were investigated by means of a PCR and ELISA, and other potential causes were eliminated. In addition, a case‐control study of 24 case herds and 24 control herds indicated that N caninum ‐associated abortions were more likely to occur in herds with antibodies to Coxiella bumetii (with an odds ratio [OR] of 3.38 with a 95 per cent confidence interval [cl] of 1.82 to 6.22), whereas the likelihood was less in herds with antibodies to Leptospira species (OR 0.34, 95 per cent ci 0.13 to 0.75), or in herds with antibodies to bovine viral diarrhoea (BvD) virus (OR 0.75, 95 per cent ci 0.56 to 1.00), or Chiamydia psittaci (OR 0.18,95 per cent ci 0.09 to 0.35), or in herds in which BVD virus had been isolated from an aborted fetus (OR 0.11, 95 per cent ci 0.02 to 0.58).