[Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Pırlak sheep in the Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey].
OBJECTIVE
This study was carried out between June-December 2008 to determine the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in Pırlak sheep in the Şuhut district of Afyonkarahisar.


METHODS
Blood samples technically collected from 123 sheep older than one year old and 63 sheep younger than one year old were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies using the Sabin- Feldman dye test.


RESULTS
Out of the 186 sera examined, 184 (98.92%) were seropositive at different dilutions (84 samples at 1/16, 79 at 1/64 and 21 at 1/256). The seroprevalence was 99.19% for sheep above 1 year old and 98.41% for sheep under 1 year old.


CONCLUSIONS
We believe that this study carried out on Pırlak sheep would be useful for other studies on the effect of parasitism on the economy.
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. haticecicek@yahoo.com
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D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan