Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in zoo and domestic animals in Jiangxi Province, China

• Published in: Parasite
• Main Authors: Luo Houqiang, Li Kun, Zhang Hui, Gan Ping, Shahzad Muhammad, Wu Xiaoxing, Lan Yanfang, Wang Jiaxiang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2017
• Subjects: Toxoplasma gondii; Zoo animals; Domestic animals; Prevalence; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Giganteus; Canis lupus; Cygnus columbianus; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017007; https://doaj.org/article/643901215a9247dcae4b5c7b7597a6b7

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 cam...