Toxoplasmosis in local breed of chicken in Zaria, Nigeria.
Local breed of chicken were surveyed serologically, using indirect haemagglutination test (IHA), for Toxoplasma infection. From a total of 250 chickens, 112 (44.80%) were seropositive at a screening dilution of 1:64. Of these 112, 58.00% were positive at 1:64; 30.36% at 1:128; 10.71% at 1:256; and 0.89% at 1:512. The results of this study point to the possible significant role of chickens in the epidemiology of animal and human toxoplasmosis in Zaria.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*
D000906:Antibodies