Seropositivity of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic animals.
Serum samples from 107 goats, 40 sheep, 50 cows were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibody by indirect haemagglutination test (IHA) in dilutions of 1:10, 1:54, 1:162 and 1:486. Toxoplasma gondii-antibodies were found in 21 (19.6%), 10 (25%), 26 (52%), goat, sheep and cow sera respectively. No serum sample showed a titre higher than 1:162. All animals were kept in good hygienic condition. These results indicate that Toxoplasma gondii antibodies are widespread in animal populations which supports that toxoplasmosis is a widely spread zoonotic infection in this country.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
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Mirdha
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Samantaray
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Pandey
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015047:Zoonoses
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan