title: A survey of chickens for viable toxoplasms in Croatia.
abstract: Brain tissues of 716 slaughtered domestic chickens (524 broilers and 192 hens) were bioassayed for viable toxoplasms. Each tissue was homogenized and subcutaneously injected into 4 SPF mice. Six weeks later the mice were euthanatized and their brains microscopically examined for Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts. Three (0.4%) out of a total of 716 birds were positive. All positive cases were hens. This is the first isolation of T. gondii from chickens in Croatia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, P.O. Box 190, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. kuticic@vef.hr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kuticić
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wikerhauser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002645:Chickens; D017523:Croatia; D003625:Data Collection; D015994:Incidence; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology