@article{2378,
  keywords = {Baltic Sea, ostertagiosis, ODR, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania},
  author = {K Płoneczka-Janeczko and J Piekarska and M Sarkunas and A Malakauskas and T Nagas and A Gamian and K Rypula},
  title = {Presence of antibodies against Ostertagia ostertagi in bulk tank milk from cattle herds in the northeastern Baltic countries of Europe},
  abstract = {Ostertagia (O.) ostertagi is a common cattle parasite that can be found on all  cattle farms where animals have access to pastures. To evaluate the presence of  anti-O. ostertagi antibodies in cattle herds, bulk tank milk (BTM) samples were  evaluated using a commercial ELISA test (SVANOVIR® O. ostertagi Ab ELISA, Svanova,  Sweden). Samples (n=830) were collected from dairy cattle herds in Estonia, Latvia,  Lithuania, and Poland. The average BTM optical density ratio (ODR) values in Poland  and Estonia were 0.400 and 0.493, respectively. Higher BTM ODRs were obtained in  samples collected in Lithuania (0.695) and in Latvia (0.703), which may correlate with  the reduction in milk yield by 0.75–1.2 kg of milk per cow per day in Lithuania and  Latvia. The first investigations on ostertagiosis using BTM samples were conducted  in Poland in 2011. To our knowledge, this is the first report to use BTM ELISA ODRs to  evaluate ostertagiosis in cattle in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift},
  volume = {131},
  month = {11/2018},
  publisher = {Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG},
  address = {Hannover},
  issn = {0005-9366},
  doi = {10.2376/0005-9366-18036},
  language = {English},
}