Pinnacle Agricultural Research & Management
(ISSN: 2360-9451)
January 2015, Vol. 3 (1).
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research Article
Neosporosis In Cattle: Preliminary Study In Batu-Malang Region, Indonesia
Sardjana I.K.W.
Clinic Department,
Accepted 19
January, 2015; Available Online 23 January, 2015.
Neospora caninum has been associated with abortion in cattle. Therefore, the present study using ELISA and Direct Agglutination tests on 25 dairy cattle in Batu-Malang region was performed to determine the infection rate. It was found that 6 (24%) of the dairy cattle were positive to
Neospora caninum. The affected animals in their pregnancy condition were imported from Australia and New Zealand, believed to have brought in the disease. [
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Airlangga University,
Indonesia.
Abstract: