Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in the white stork Ciconia ciconia.
The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in chicks of wild birds and captive individuals was studied in the Poznań environs and in the Poznań Zoological Garden in the years 2002-2003. Bird blood was tested for T. gondii antibodies by an indirect fluorescent antibody test. T. gondii antibodies were detected from 5.8% of 205 analysed white stork chicks and 13.6% of 44 analysed adult storks in the zoo. Because toxoplasmosis is one of the more common parasitic zoonoses worldwide, we briefly discuss the potential epidemiological importance of stork toxoplasmosis to humans.
Department of Biology & Parasitology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
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Andrzejewska
Piotr
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Cwiertnia
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D001717:Birds; D004199:Disease Vectors; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan