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Abstract

Neospora caninum is a significant agent causing abortion in cattle. There are many studies about cattle neosporosis due to its economic impact; however, the number of studies on neosporosis in goats is limited. In this pilot study, we aimed to detect anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in Kilis and Shami goats from the same flock in Kilis province of Turkey. For this aim, 92 sera samples were obtained from dairy goats between the ages of 1and 10 years, and tested with commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) kit. At the end of the study, it was detected that 23.91% (11/46) of Shami and 6.52% (3/46) of Kilis goats were positive against anti-N.caninum antibodies and overall prevalence was 15.21% (14/92). According to our statistical examination, significant difference was observed between seropositivity rates of Kilis and Shami goats using the Chi Square test (P<0.05). In this study, we presented the rates of exposure to N.caninum in two different breeds of goats in Kilis province of Turkey.