Results and analysis of serological detection of equine infectious diseases in Shanghai from 2020 to 2021
To understand the epidemic situation of equine infectious diseases in Shanghai,serum samples from 571 horses were collected on 16 horse farms in Shanghai from 2021 to 2023.Then,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to detect antibodies against West Nile fever virus(WNV),equine influenza virus(EIV),equine infectious anemia virus(EI AV),African horse sickness virus(AHSV),equine viral arteritis virus(EAV),Japanese encephalitis virus(JEV),glanders,Trypanosoma equiperdum,Trypanosoma evansi and equine piroplasmosis(EP).The results showed that the antibody positivity rates of WNV,EIV,JEV,babesiasis equi and Babesia caballi decreased from 18.16%,68.28%,0.24%,12.35%,and 0.24%in 2020 to 10.76%,57.59%,0,10.76%,and 0 in 2021,respectively.There were no positive cases of EIA,AHS,EVA,glanders,Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi.The present results indicated that the prevalence of infectious diseases on horse farms in Shanghai had exhibited a significant downward trend from 2020 to 2021.