Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses in the Czech Republic

0552211 - BC 2022 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Belkova, T. - Bártová, E. - Řičařová, D. - Jahn, P. - Jandová, V. - Modrý, David - Hrazdilová, K. - Sedlák, K.
Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses in the Czech Republic.
Acta Tropica. Roč. 221, SEP 2021 (2021), č. článku 105993. ISSN 0001-706X. E-ISSN 1873-6254
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : ixodes-ricinus * seroprevalence * piroplasmosis * reticulatus * infections * Equine nuttaliosis * Hemoprotozoan parasites * Tick-born disease * Dermacentor reticulatus
OECD category: Infectious Diseases
Impact factor: 3.222, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Limited access
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Theileria equi and Babesia caballi are protozoan agents causing equine piroplasmosis, endemic in countries all over the world. The aim of this study was to detect antibodies to T. equi and B. caballi in horses in the Czech Republic and to investigate the origin of the infection. Blood sera from 711 horses were examined with competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, positive samples were verified with indirect fluorescence immunoassay. Antibodies to T. equi and B. caballi were detected in eight (1.1%) and three (0.4%) horses, respectively. Infection with T. equi was confirmed by PCR and sequencing in the blood of five serologically positive horses. An autochthonous origin of T. equi infection could not be excluded in two (0.3%) horses. Intensive movement of horses across European countries and the expanding occurrence of competent tick vector Dermacentor reticulatus in the Czech Republic create an increasing risk of establishing active foci of equine piroplasmosis in the country.
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