Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum and tick-transmitted bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in one selected goat farm in Slovakia

摘要: Parasitic diseases of livestock together with poor welfare conditions can negatively affect the health status and production small ruminants. Protozoan parasites tick-borne infectious agents are common threat including ruminants mostly during pasture season. Therefore priority study was to analyse circulation presence two protozoan Toxoplasma gondii Neospora caninum as well tick-transmitted bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum in one selected goat farm Eastern Slovakia. Throughout a three-year period we have repeatedly screened sera blood goats dogs from monitored farm. In total, 343 serum samples 116 were examined by ELISA. The mean seropositivity for T. 56.9% (66/116, CI (95%) = 48-66.0) 15.5% (18/116, 9.3-22.7) N. caninum. permanent occurrence anti-Toxoplasma anti-Neospora antibodies detected whole period. both flock analysed PCR. DNA confirmed 12 out 25 Toxoplasma-seropositive 14 18 Neospora-seropositive animals; four co-infected pathogens. risk endogenous transmission pursued examination 41 kid's sera, where toxoplasmosis 31.7% neosporosis 14.6%. 61.1% 38.9% found, however, their faeces negative coccidian oocysts. Eight 108 tested animals infected A. phagocytophilum, causative agent fever. Seven them simultaneously which concurrently all three