title: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars, red deer and roe deer in Poland.
abstract: Little is known about the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild life, particularly game animals in Poland. Meat juice collected during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 hunting seasons from 552 red deer (Cervus elaphus), 367 wild boars (Sus scrofa) and 92 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) was tested for T. gondii antibodies using the multi-species ID Screen Toxoplasmosis Indirect kit (IDvet, Montpellier, France). Antibodies to T. gondii were detected in 24.1% of red deer (95% CI: 20.7%, 27.8%), 37.6% of wild boar (95% CI: 32.8%, 42.7%) and 30.4% of roe deer (95% CI: 22.0%, 40.5%). To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first epidemiological report of T. gondii prevalence in red deer, roe deer and wild boars in Poland. T. gondii is present in wildlife animal tissues and consumption of the game may be a potential source of infection for humans.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Lucjan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Witkowski
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czopowicz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Dan Alexandru
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.affiliation: ERASMUS Student from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Adrian Valentin
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Potarniche
authors.affiliation: ERASMUS Student from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Monica Adriana
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aoanei
authors.affiliation: Veterinary, Zootechnics and Lambling Faculty, Samarkand Agriculture University, Uzbekistan.
authors.forename: Nuriddin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imomov
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mickiewicz
authors.affiliation: Voivodeship Veterinary Inspectorate in Krosno, Poland.
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Welz
authors.affiliation: Division of Small Animal Infectious Diseases, Department of Small Animal Diseases with Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Poland.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Szaluś-Jordanow
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D003670:Deer / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013045:Species Specificity; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan