title: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in dogs in Shandong, Henan, and Heilongjiang Provinces, and in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.
abstract: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection was determined in sera of 632 dogs (551 pets, 81 strays) from Shandong, Henan, and Heilongjiang Provinces, and in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China (PRC), using the indirect hemagglutination assay (cutoff titer 1:64 or higher); 11.1% were seropositive. The seroprevalence in stray dogs and in ≥3-yr-old dogs was significantly higher (P < 0.05) than that in household dogs and in <3-yr-old dogs. There were no significant differences in terms of gender, breed, or locality (P ≥ 0.05). The results indicate that T. gondii infections are common in dogs in PRC.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Research Center for Animal Disease Control Engineering Shandong Province, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
authors.forename: Yongxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gaoming
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ziqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yayin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Jianzhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hongchao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dayou
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Dubao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shujing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhenyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan