Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 945-950Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.01.008
Keywords
Neospora caninum; Australia; Canis lupus dingo; Oocyst; Life cycle; Coccidia; Experimental transmission; Wildlife
Categories
Funding
- Invasive Animals CRC
- University of Sydney
- University of Technology, Sydney
Ask authors/readers for more resources
To provide objective data on the potential role of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) in the life cycle of Neospora caninum in Australia, the production of N. caninum oocysts by experimentally infected canids was investigated. Three dingo pups raised in captivity and three domestic dogs were fed tissue from calves infected with an Australian isolate of N. caninum, Nc-Nowra. Oocysts of N. caninum, confirmed by species-specific PCR, were shed in low numbers by one dingo pup at 12-14 days p.i. The remaining animals did not shed oocysts. Furthermore, the blood from two out of three dingoes tested positive for DNA of N. caninum using PCR tests at 14 and 28 days p.i. Oocyst shedding from the intestinal tract of a dingo demonstrates that dingoes are definitive hosts of N. caninum and horizontal transmission of N. caninum from dingoes to farm animals and wildlife may occur in Australia. (C) 2010 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available