Australian dingoes are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum

King, JS; Šlapeta, J; Jenkins, DJ; Al-Qassab, SE; Ellis, JT; Windsor, PA

Australian dingoes are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum

King, JS Šlapeta, J Jenkins, DJ Al-Qassab, SE Ellis, JT

Windsor, PA

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Citation:: International Journal for Parasitology, 2010, 40 (8), pp. 945 - 950
Issue Date:: 2010-07-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	King, JS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Šlapeta, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jenkins, DJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Al-Qassab, SE	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ellis, JT https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7328-4831	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Windsor, PA	en_US
dc.date.available	2010-01-21	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal for Parasitology, 2010, 40 (8), pp. 945 - 950	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0020-7519	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13444
dc.description.abstract	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. © 2010 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal for Parasitology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.01.008	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Mycology & Parasitology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Feces	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals, Newborn	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cattle	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Wolves	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Neospora	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oocysts	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Protozoan	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	DNA, Ribosomal	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Polymerase Chain Reaction	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sequence Analysis, DNA	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Life Cycle Stages	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Molecular Sequence Data	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.title	Australian dingoes are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	40	en_US
utslib.for	070708 Veterinary Parasitology	en_US
utslib.for	0605 Microbiology	en_US
utslib.for	0608 Zoology	en_US
utslib.for	0707 Veterinary Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	8	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	40	en_US

Abstract:

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. © 2010 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc.

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