title: Seroprevalences to Toxoplasma gondii in privately-owned dogs in Taiwan.
abstract: The prevalences of IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in pet dogs in Taiwan were measured by using both a kinetics-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblotting. A logistic regression model with five factors (sex, age, weight, breed, domain) was analyzed. Pet dogs (n = 658) had seroprevalence of 7.9%, and had IgG and IgM geometric mean titers of 1:50 and 1:31, respectively. Older or heavier pet dogs had higher odds of seropositivity than younger or lighter dogs. Also, mixed-breed dogs had higher odds of seropositivity than pure-bred dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC. dsl@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D013624:Taiwan; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M