Abstract
The presence of Neospora caninum Dubey, Carpenter, Speer, Topper et Uggla, 1988 in small mammals (i.e. murid rodents, Erinaceomorpha, Eulipotyphla and Scadentia) was explored for first time in South-East Asia. A total of 192 individuals from six localities across Thailand were analysed. A general prevalence of N. caninum of 22% was observed, with some variation among localities (5-36%). Four main types of habitat were included and rodents trapped in dry-land habitat (17 positive among 41 individuals) were more likely to be infected with N. caninum than those from other habitats (forest, rain-fed land and settlement). Rodent species identity and individual rodent weight had no influence on individual infection. Our results provided the first data on the presence of N. caninum in rodents in South-East Asia and first report of N. caninum in the order Scadentia.
Highlights
The presence of Neospora caninum Dubey, Carpenter, Speer, Topper et Uggla, 1988 in small mammals was explored for first time in South-East Asia
The objective of the present study was to investigate the potential role of small mammals, mainly rodents, as intermediate hosts of N. caninum in South-East Asia and to assess if host habitat, body weight and species affect the level of individual infection
The first top model among all potential candidate models that fitted the entire dataset with variables related to rodent species, individual weight and trapping habitat using logit function showed that the only explanatory variable was trapping habitat (AICc = 205.7, wf = 0.28)
Summary
The presence of Neospora caninum Dubey, Carpenter, Speer, Topper et Uggla, 1988 in small mammals (i.e. murid rodents, Erinaceomorpha, Eulipotyphla and Scadentia) was explored for first time in South-East Asia. The objective of the present study was to investigate the potential role of small mammals, mainly rodents, as intermediate hosts of N. caninum in South-East Asia and to assess if host habitat, body weight and species affect the level of individual infection. Small mammal sampling Rodent species included in the study are neither on the CITES list nor the Red List (IUCN).
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