Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Epidemiological investigation of equine piroplasmosis in China by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.
- Journal:
- The Journal of veterinary medical science
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Wang, Ming et al.
- Affiliation:
- Harbin Veterinary Research Institute-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity & State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology · United States
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate the seroprevalence of equine piroplasmosis in China. A total of 1990 sera were collected from clinically healthy horses in various districts located in ten different provinces of China and examined by using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) with recombinant Theileria equi (T. equi) merozoite antigen 2 (rEMA-2) and Babesia caballi (B. caballi) 48-kDa rhoptry protein (rBc48), respectively. The results showed that 1,018 (51.16%) and 229 (11.51%) samples were positive for B. caballi and T. equi infection, respectively. The number of samples with mixed infection was 152 (7.64%). These results indicated that equine piroplasmosis was widespread in China.
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