Table 1 Presence of Neospora caninum oocysts in faecal samples of canids in Victoria, Australia
From: High seroprevalance of Neospora caninum in dogs in Victoria, Australia, compared to 20 years ago
Origin of samples | Neospora-like oocysts observed in faeces | Positive Nc5 qPCR on oocysts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foxes | Domestic dogs | Wild dogs | Total (%) | ||
Benalla | 2/51 (4%) | 0/2 (0%) | 1/5 (20%) | 5 | 0/54 |
Gippsland | 0/1 (0%) | 0/8 (0%) | 0/1 (0%) | 0 | 0/3 |
Horsham | – | 1/9 (11%) | – | 11 | 0/3 |
Hume | – | 1/6 (17%) | 0/1 (0%) | 14 | 0/6 |
Mansfield | 4/55 (7%) | 0/1 (0%) | – | 7 | 0/45 |
Towong | 7/73 (10%) | 0/7 (0%) | – | 9 | 0/53 |
Wellington | 0/1 (0%) | 0/2 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 0 | 0/6 |
Unknown location | 2/7 (29%) | – | – | 29 | 0/9 |
Total | 15/188 (8%) | 2/35 (6%) | 1/11 (9%) | 8 | 0/179 |