The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals.
Serum samples from 101 stranded or bycatch cetaceans from British waters were screened for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test. Relatively high seropositivity was recorded in short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae.
Conservation Ecology Research Team, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, School of Environment and Society, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK. d.w.forman@swansea.ac.uk
Dan
D
Forman
Nathan
N
West
Janet
J
Francis
Edward
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Guy
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary; D002591:Cetacea / Q000469:parasitology*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan