Neospora caninum and Wildlife

Table 5

Geographical distribution and species of wild lagomorphs, rodents, and insectivorous species seropositive to Neospora caninum antibodies and/or DNA detection.

Species	Positive seroprevalence studies		Positive DNA detection studies
	Country	References	Country	References
Lagomorphs
Wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)	Egypt	[137]	UK	[138]
Iberian Hare (Lepus granatensis)	Spain	[48]^+
Brown hare (Lepus europaeus)	Hungary-Slovakia	[139]
	Austria-Czech Republic	[140]
Rodents
Rat (Rattus norvegicus)	Grenada-West Indies; Taiwan	[141]; [142]	Italy	[55]
House mouse (Mus musculus)	USA; UK	[141]; [143]	Italy; Australia	[55]; [144]
Field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)	UK	[143]	Italy	[55]
Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris)	Brazil	[145, 146]	Brazil	[147]
Vole (Microtus arvalis)			Austria	[148]
Water vole (Arvicola terrestris)			Austria	[148]
Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)			Mexico	[149]
Harvest mouse (Micromys minitus)			The Netherlands	[150]
Insectivorous
Common shrew (Sorex araneus)			The Netherlands	[150]
White-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula)			The Netherlands	[150]

⁺cELISA positive results not confirmed by IFAT due to lack of sample.