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Seroprevalence of paratuberculosis in sheep of
Nayarit, Mexico
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Karina Mejía Martínez1, Clemente Lemus
Flores2*, Carlos González-Morteo2, Gabriela
Palomares Resendiz3, Efrén Díaz Aparicio3 and Juan
Carlos Segura Correa |
1Estudiante de doctorado en el posgrado en Ciencias
Biológico Agropecuarias, Unidad Académica de Agricultura, Universidad
Autónoma de Nayarit, México;
2Posgrado en Ciencias Biológico Agropecuarias, Unidad Académica de
Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit,
México;
3Centro
Nacional de Investigaciones Disciplinarias en Microbiología Veterinaria,
INIFAP, Carretera libre México - Toluca Km 15.5, Col. Palo Alto,
Cuajimalpa 05110, México, D.F.;
4Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias,
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
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Abstract |
Paratuberculosis is a disease caused by
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). In domestic
ruminants, MAP infection is largely sub-clinical, but can result in
chronic diarrhea leading to emaciation and death. A survey of MAP was
carried out in a non-vaccinated sheep population from Nayarit, México to
estimate seroprevalence and histopathological findings. The aim was also
to estimate the intra-herd correlation (re) and design effect (D) of MAP
seropositivity and to determine the association of the disease with some
animal-level risk factors. Serum samples from 368 sheep older than 2
years in 38 herds were evaluated using an indirect ELISA assay. Eleven
of the 38 herds had at least one seropositive animal and 19 animals with
a total of 368 tested positive for MAP (5.6%). The histological
alterations found were characterized by enteritis and granulomatous
lymphadenitis indicating that the death of the animal was caused by MAP
infection.
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Keywords:
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis; histopathology; ELISA
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To cite this article:
Martínez KM, CL Flores, C
González-Morteo, GP Resendiz, ED Aparicio and JCS Correa, 2015.
Seroprevalence of
paratuberculosis in sheep of Nayarit, Mexico.
Res.
Opin.
Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(12): 494-498. |
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