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animal pathogen but is a human pathogen. The survey in 1999/2000 had indicated quite high prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica in pigs (26%), less so in sheep (13%) and cattle (6%).The project has clarified which animal species were excreting isolates which are also pathogenic serotypes for humans. The research has developed a testing facility for Yersinia enterocolitica and contributed to the evidence base. The most important output has been the suggestion that more of the Yersinia enterocolitica strains present in livestock have the potential to pose a threat to human public health than was previously thought. The identification of the potential virulence of BT1a strains is important as these strains colonise a significant proportion of livestock. The study has generated a number of valuable publications, which advance knowledge in the subject area. Further research is not currently required in the absence of clear direction from medical/public health authorities that this is a sufficiently important area that merits additional work in animals. It would be more appropriate for FSA or DH to fund further work on understanding the pathogenicity for humans. 68
Project code: OZ0404 Project title: Bovine neosporosis: the evaluation of zoonotic risk and the development of evidence-based control strategies Start date (dd/mm/yy): 01/11/2002 End date (dd/mm/yy): 31/12/2005 £242,267.00 Total cost: Affiliation: University of Liverpool Abstract of research The newly recognised protozoan parasite Neospora caninum has recently emerged as a major cause of disease in cattle and dogs worldwide (1). In cattle, research by various international groups, including our own laboratory in a previous DEFRA funded research project (Contract CSA 3618, 1996 - 1999), has shown the importance of the infection in the etiology of abortion and the significance of vertical transmission in its epidemiology. This project concentrated on the recently discovered oocyst stage of N. caninum. It sought to improve rational control measures in cattle by determining if, and under what circumstances, oocysts could infect pregnant cattle and cause disease, what risk factors exist and how likely are oocysts to infect the environment. The existence of environmental contamination by oocysts also creates a potential zoonotic hazard which was evaluated in a large scale human serological study. The project failed to find any evidence of exposure to infection in over 3700 human serum samples rigorously selected and examined by two assays. The results show that the risk of human infection in the UK is extremely low and that millk and meat from UK cattle can be regarded as safe in this respect. In cattle, the project showed that oocyst infection in pregnancy can lead to abortion in cattle if exposure occurs around mid-pregnancy but not if it occurs early or late in pregnancy. However, exposure at 210 days in pregnancy led to high rates of congenital infection in healthy calves. Thus oocyst infection is likely to be extremely important in maintaining the basic reproductive rate of the parasite at >1 by creating infected females which are then presumed to endogenously transplacentally infect all their offspring. Review Summary Overall the project has generated some important findings, specifically the lack of evidence for human infection and zoonotic transmission, and the lack of associated evidence that dogs were a major source of oocyst infection to cattle. Also important was that although oocysts can infect pregnant cows and cause abortion or congenital infection, epidemiological risk factors suggested that the likelihood of this occurring was low. The results of this research have clearly answered the policy question on zoonotic risk and have shown that, if a zoonotic risk to humans exists in the UK, it is very low. The 69
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