Seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG in Canadian swine.
In 1990, 1443 sera randomly selected by computer generated random numbers from a bank of greater than 15,000 sera collected earlier from sows at slaughter in various geographic regions of Canada were tested for anti-Toxoplasma immunoglobin G (IgG) by the modified direct agglutination test. One hundred and thirty-six (9.4%) samples were positive for anti-Toxoplasma IgG while 36 (2.5%) of the sera gave borderline reactions. The highest prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG was in swine originating in the Atlantic provinces and Ontario while the lowest was in swine from Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Agriculture Canada, Health of Animals Laboratory, Sackville, New Brunswick.
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D015995:Prevalence; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G