title: [Examination of cats for the elimination of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts].
abstract: Two hundred and two samples of excrements were investigated for the presence of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. Fifty-two samples were taken from dead domestic cats and a hundred and fifty samples were obtained from wild cats living in various localities of the CSSR. The investigation was orientative and a flotation method with the Breza flotation solution of the specific weight of 1.300 was used. If the finding was positive, residues of the excrements were floated with a saccharose, solution of the specific weight of 1.150 and containing 0.8% of phenol. The oocysts were rinsed several times, then they were sporulated in Petri dishes with water with a 2.5% solution of potassium dichromate. The sporulated oocysts, after rinsing, were injected i. p. to mice. The excrements of the fifty-two domestic cats were negative. Out of a hundred and fifty samples of the excrements of wild cats, one sample with the oocysts of isospore type was found; a biological test with mice proved the oocysts of Toxoplasma gondii. It may be inferred from the results obtained that the elimination of oocysts by cats is the same as given in foreign literature, and the occurrence rate will be about 2%.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D008722:Methods; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: Prosetrrení kocek na vylucování oocyst Toxoplasma gondii.