Research Article
Neospora caninum Infection in Cattle in the Province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Southwest of Iran: Seroprevalence and Molecular Assessment
Table 1
Features of the cattle and relative seropositivity to Neospora in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, southwest of Iran.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Positive for anti-Neospora antibodies | Positive by molecular method (PCR) | No. | Percent (%) | No. | Percent | No. | Percent |
| Age | | | | | | | 1 | 32 | 22.2 | 11 | 34.37 | 5 | 15.6 | 2 | 9 | 6.25 | 2 | 22.22 | 1 | 11.1 | 3 | 13 | 9.02 | 6 | 46.15 | 2 | 15.4 | 4 | 11 | 7.6 | 3 | 23.8 | 1 | 9.1 | 5 | 34 | 23.6 | 9 | 26.47 | 10 | 29.4 | 6 | 30 | 20.8 | 10 | 33.33 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 9.7 | 5 | 35.7 | 2 | 14.28 | 8 | 1 | 0.69 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | Sex | | | | | | | Male | 82 | 54.6 | 27 | 32.9 | 14 | 17.07 | Female | 68 | 45.33 | 22 | 32.3 | 12 | 17.64 | Pregnancy | | | | | | | Pregnant | 43 | 65 | 13 | 30.2 | 7 | 16.27 | Not pregnant | 107 | 35 | 36 | 35.5 | 20 | 18.69 |
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Age of a few of the animals was missing. |