title: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in zoo and domestic animals in Jiangxi Province, China.
abstract: Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals throughout the world. In the present study, antibodies to T. gondii were determined using a commercial indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test in wild animals in a zoo. Three of 11 giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) (27%), 1 of 5 wolves (Canis lupus laniger) (20%), 1 of 6 hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious) (17%), and 2 of 9 tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) (22%) were found to be positive. No antibodies were detected in leopards (Panthera pardus), wild geese (Anser cygnoides), and Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Domestic species from 13 counties of Jiangxi Province, China were also investigated by an indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test. Thirty-five of 340 goats (10%), 94 of 560 water buffaloes (17%), and 4 of 35 cattle (11%) were found to be seropositive. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in animals kept in zoos and domestic animals in this province.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Sciences, Wenzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou 325006, PR China - College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Houqiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Jiangxi Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330096, PR China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.affiliation: University College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100 Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaoxing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, PR China.
authors.forename: Jiaxiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology*; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000469:parasitology*; D046090:Anseriformes / Q000469:parasitology; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000469:parasitology; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005777:Geese / Q000469:parasitology; D000068276:Giraffes / Q000469:parasitology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000469:parasitology; D046009:Panthera / Q000469:parasitology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019596:Wolves / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan