Serological survey for antibody to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in horses in the USA

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• 作者：Carolyn Cray (1)
  Emily Perritt (1)
  Cynthia Hughes (1)
  Rodney L. Belgrave (2)
  
• 关键词：Encephalitozoon cuniculi ; Equine ; Microsporidian ; ELISA ; Serology
• 刊名：Parasitology Research
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：July 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：113
• 期：7
• 页码：2757-2759
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• 作者单位：Carolyn Cray (1)
  Emily Perritt (1)
  Cynthia Hughes (1)
  Rodney L. Belgrave (2)
  
  1. Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, P.O. Box 016960 R-46, Miami, FL, 33101, USA
  2. Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center, Ringoes, NJ, 08551, USA
  
• ISSN：1432-1955

文摘

Encephalitozoon cuniculi is an obligate intracellular microsporidian parasite that can result in clinical and subclinical infection in many species. In the present study, a serological survey was conducted using samples from 105 horses in the state of New Jersey; 49 of the samples were obtained from clinically abnormal animals. Five or 4.8?% of 105 serum samples were found to demonstrate reactivity by ELISA with titers of 1:64 to 1:1,024. One of the samples was obtained from a clinically normal horse. Clinical signs and diagnoses from the other animals included lameness, colic, osteochondritis dissecans, and fever. All clinical issues were resolved with hospitalization and treatment without the institution of E. cuniculi-focused therapy. This is the first report on the detection of E. cuniculi antibodies in horses in the USA.