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As a known reservoir for numerous fungal, bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases, wild pigs are of particular importance for human and veterinary health relative to the prevention of infectious diseases. The seroprevalence of N. caninum in wild pig populations was previously documented in the United States, raising the question as to their exposure point of prevalence. This research screened 116 individual wild pigs for N. caninum using a variety of available assays. Using two different commercially available ELISA test kits, seroprevalence ranged from 12.5% to 67.8%. The Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test resulted in our highest percent seroprevalence for these samples, at 84.1%. However, none of our samples showed any presence of N. caninum or associated pathologies via histological evaluation of representative tissues. Importantly, the assays used in this study were not congruent with all duplicate samples or between the test types used. The implications of these non-congruent results demonstrates that currently available testing assays produce variable results, underscoring the need for more reliable testing kits and a standardized methodology when assessing disease prevalence in wildlife, particularly for N. caninum in wild pigs, which impacts prevalence and comparability across studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani11092487","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,25]],"date-time":"2021-08-25T04:24:27Z","timestamp":1629865467000},"page":"2487","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Prevalence of Neospora caninum Exposure in Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) from Oklahoma with Implications of Testing Method on Detection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Katelyn M.","family":"Haydett","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vector-Borne Zoonoses Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Steven T.","family":"Peper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vector-Borne Zoonoses Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA"},{"name":"Anastasia Mosquito Control District, 120 EOC Drive, St. Augustine, FL 32092, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cynthia","family":"Reinoso Webb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vector-Borne Zoonoses Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8073-4677","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hannah S.","family":"Tiffin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vector-Borne Zoonoses Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alexander N.","family":"Wilson-Fallon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vector-Borne Zoonoses Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yava L.","family":"Jones-Hall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6034-5164","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stephen L.","family":"Webb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6652-2835","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Steven M.","family":"Presley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vector-Borne Zoonoses Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2697","DOI":"10.1098\/rstb.2009.0086","article-title":"Wild boars as sources for infectious diseases in livestock and humans","volume":"364","author":"Meng","year":"2009","journal-title":"Philos. 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