title: Serological survey on toxoplasmosis among slaughtered sheep and goats in Tabouk, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Sera from 397 sheep and 290 goats slaughtered at Tabouk Official Abattoir were examined for anti-Toxoplasma IgG by LAT, IHAT & IFAT. The results showed infection rates 23.4, 41.8 & 52.2% (P < 0.001) in sheep and 19.3, 40.7 & 51.7% (P < 0.001) in goats by the 3 tests respectively. Infection rates were higher in sheep than goats (P > 0.05), relatively nearby in local and imported sheep (P > 0.05), higher in imported goats than local ones (P > 0.05) and higher in female sheep and goats than males (p > 0.05). High titers were in goats than in sheep (P < 0.001). IFAT showed highest sensitivity (100% & 96.7%), specificity (97.1% & 96.1%) and highest diagnostic accuracy (98.5% & 96.9%) in sheep and goats respectively. The IHAT showed high diagnostic accuracy and high applicability. The interpretation of results and recommendations were presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Girls' College of Education, P.O. Box 27104, Riyadh 11417, Saudi Arabia. sand_mm2000@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Magda M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sanad
authors.forename: Areej J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Al-Ghabban
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*