A survey of equine anti-Listeria monocytogenes antibodies using Latex Agglutination Test in southeast of Iran
الموضوعات : مجله دامپزشکی پایه و بالینیPoona Faramarzpour 1 , Ehsanollah Sakhaee 2 , Mehdi Golchin 3 , Balal Sadeghi 4
1 - School of Veterinary Medicine graduate, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
2 - Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
4 - Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: Iran, horse, Listeria monocytogenes, Latex agglutination test,
ملخص المقالة :
Listeriosis is a zoonotic disease in humans and a wide range of domestic and wild animals and also some birds. The main purpose of the current study is to determination of anti-Listeria monocytogenes sero-prevalence in horses by latex agglutination test in southeast of Iran. A total of 163 serum samples were obtained from apparently healthy horses of equestrian clubs in Kerman and Yazd provinces - Iran. Listeria monocytogenes antibodies were found in 34 out of the 163 sera (20.85%). The latex agglutination test can be considered as an appropriate screening test in the early stages of diagnosis.
