Epidemiological Investigation of Equine Piroplasmosis in China by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

Ming WANG; Wei GUO; Ikuo IGARASHI; Xuenan XUAN; Xiaojun WANG; Wenhua XIANG; Honglin JIA

doi:10.1292/jvms.13-0477

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Epidemiological Investigation of Equine Piroplasmosis in China by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

Ming WANG, Wei GUO, Ikuo IGARASHI, Xuenan XUAN, Xiaojun WANG, Wenhua XIANG, Honglin JIA

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Ming WANG
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity & State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wei GUO
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity & State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Ikuo IGARASHI
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Xuenan XUAN
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Xiaojun WANG
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity & State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wenhua XIANG
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity & State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Honglin JIA
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity & State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Keywords: B. caballi, ELSIA, serological prevalence, T. equi

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Article ID: 13-0477

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0477

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 76 (2014), No. 4 pp. 549-552

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the seroprevalence of equine piroplasmosis in China. A total of 1,990 sera were collected from clinically healthy horses in various districts located in ten different provinces of China and examined by using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) with recombinant Theileria equi (T. equi) merozoite antigen 2 (rEMA-2) and Babesia caballi (B. caballi) 48-kDa rhoptry protein (rBc48), respectively. The results showed that 1,018 (51.16%) and 229 (11.51%) samples were positive for B. caballi and T. equi infection, respectively. The number of samples with mixed infection was 152 (7.64%). These results indicated that equine piroplasmosis was widespread in China.

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