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. 2018 Aug 17;7(3):317–321. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.08.002

Table 1.

Detection of specific anti-Neospora antibodies by Western blot in IFAT and/or MAT positive sera.

Species Samples (n) MATa (%, nº positive/nº tested) IFATa (%, nº positive/nº tested) Western blot confirmation (%, nº positive/nº sample tested)b
Seroprevalence (%)c
MAT IFAT
Carnivores Golden jackal (Canis aureus) 189 15.3 (29/189) 2.1 (4/189) 20 (6/29) 50 (2/4) 3.2 (6/189)
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) 75 12.0 (9/75) 1.3 (1/75) 11.1 (1/9) 100 (1/1) 1.3 (1/75)
Ruminants Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) 49 24.4 (12/49) 0.0 (0/49) 0.0 (0/12) 0.0 (0/12)
Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) 60 5.0 (3/60) 0.0 (0/60) 0.0 8 (0/3) 0.0 (0/3)
Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) 232 23.3 (54/232) 5.17 (12/232) 24.1 (13/54) 100 (12/12) 5.6 (13/232)
Mouflon (Ovis orientalis) 15 40 (6/15) 6.7 (1/15) 16.7 (1/6) 100 (1/1) 6.7 (1/15)
Mountain gazelle (Gazella g. gazella) 123 18.7 (26/123) 2.4 (3/123) 0.0 (0/26) 0.0 (0/3) 0.0 (0/123)
Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) 55 65.4 (36/55) 27.3 (15/55) 61.1 (22/36) 100 (15/15) 40.0 (22/55)
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) 19 0.0 (0/19) 0.0 (0/19) 0.0 (0/0)
Scimitar horned oryx (Oryx dammah) 36 2.7 (1/36) 0.0 (0/36) 0.0 (0/1) 0.0 (0/1)
Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) 18 77.8 (14/18) 72.2 (13/18) 85.7 (12/14) 84.6 (11/13) 66.7 (12/18)
Total 871 21.8 (190/871) 5.9 (52/871) 18.4 (35/190) 85.7 (42/49) 6.3 (55/871)
a

Antibody titer equal or higher than 1:200.

b

Only positive result by either IFAT or MAT were tested by WB.

c

Number of WB-positive animals/total of sampled animals.