title: ELISA-seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in draught horses in Greater Cairo, Egypt.
abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is one of the important zoonotic parasites of worldwide. In this paper the seroprevalence of T. gondii in draught horses (3-15 years) including 90 males and 10 females in the first half of the year 2009 was studied. The result showed that the overall ELISA-T. gondii antibodies were 25% of the horses in Greater Cairo, 50% (females) and 22.2% (males).
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Fouad M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Haridy
authors.forename: Nahla M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shoukry
authors.forename: Aly Awad
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Tosson A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Morsy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan