title: [Prevalence of antibodies anti-Toxoplasma gondii in slaughtered cattle at stockyards in the State of Bahia, Brazil].
abstract: Serum samples of 600 slaughtered cattle from Ilhéus and Itabuna Municipal slaughterhouse and Jequié Federal slaughterhouse, all of them located in the State of Bahia were screened using an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test against Toxoplasma gondii. Prevalence was 11.83% (71), and positive samples were distributed as 19.3% (37) from Ilhéus, 9.8% (21) from Itabuna and 6.8% (13) from Jequié slaughterhouses respectively. From positive cattle, 91.5% (65) had titles 1:64, and 8.5% (6) had title 1:256. The majority of serum positive samples against T. gondii were related to animals from dairy farms which were slaughtered at municipality stockyards under municipal inspection in comparison with those slaughtered at Federal inspection which were related to beef cattle that were raised in farms extensively.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC, BA 415 km 16, CEP 45.662-000 Salobrinho, Ilhéus - BA, Brasil.
authors: Fernando H
authors: FH
authors: Spagnol
authors: Elisson B
authors: EB
authors: Paranhos
authors: Laura Lucia dos S
authors: LL
authors: Oliveira
authors: Simoni M
authors: SM
authors: de Medeiros
authors: Carlos Wilson G
authors: CW
authors: Lopes
authors: George R
authors: GR
authors: Albuquerque
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D014122:Toxoplasma
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan