Table 3.
Detection of antibodies to, and DNA of, Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in bulk milk samples.
| Group | Species | Neospora caninum | Toxoplasma gondii | Co-Infection | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample to Negative Ratio (S/N%) | Interpretation | PCR Result | Sample to Positive Ratio (S/P%) | Interpretation | PCR Result | Interpretation | ||
| Bulk 1 (Qena) | Cattle | 6.7 | pos. | pos. | 22 | neg. | neg. | neg. |
| Bulk 2 (Qena) | Cattle | 6.5 | pos. | ND | 12.4 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 3 (Qena) | Cattle | 58.4 | neg. | ND | 12.5 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 4 (Qena) | Cattle | 82.8 | neg. | ND | 13.6 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 5 (Qena) | Cattle | 77.6 | neg. | ND | 14 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 6 (Qena) | Cattle | 51.4 | neg. | ND | 10 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 7 (Sohag) | Cattle | 39.8 | pos. | neg. | 12.2 | neg. | neg. | neg. |
| Bulk 8 (Cairo) | Cattle | 63.7 | neg. | ND | 13.1 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 9 (Cairo) | Cattle | 61.1 | neg. | ND | 14.2 | neg. | ND | neg. |
| Bulk 10 (Dakahlia) | Cattle | 75.1 | neg. | neg. | 5.4 | neg. | pos. | neg. |
| Bulk 11 (Dakahlia) | Buffalo | 59.8 | neg. | neg. | 10.2 | neg. | neg. | neg. |
| Bulk 12 (Dakahlia) | Sheep | 44.9 | pos. | neg. | 60.7 | pos. | pos. | pos. |
| Bulk 13 (Dakahlia) | Goat | 18.6 | pos. | neg. | 94 | pos. | pos. | pos. |
| Prevalence | 5/13 (38.5%) | 1/6 (16.7%) | 2/13 (15.4%) | 3/6 (50%) | 2/13 (15.4%) | |||
ND: not done; pos. = positive; neg. = negative.