Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats and sheep in Zimbabwe
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
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| Title | Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats and sheep in Zimbabwe | |
| Creator | Hove, T. Lind, P. Mukaratirwa, S. | |
| Description | Seroprevalence rates of Toxoplasma gondii anti-antibodies in adult goats and sheep from different parts of Zimbabwe were determined. A total of 225 (67.9 %) of the 335 serum samples tested were positive for anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies with the indirect fluorescent antibody test. There were differences in antibody seroprevalences among communal land goats from the different agro-ecological zones (Natural regions IIb and III: 80 and 96.7 %, respectively; Natural region IV: 65.9 %; Natural region V: 45 %; and Natural region III had a significantly higher seroprevalence than IV and V. The highest seroprevalences found in Natural regions II b and III are likely to be linked to the existence of more households and hence the possibility of a higher concentration of domestic cats that increases the chances of environmental contamination with their faeces harbouring T. gondii oocysts. The seroprevalence rate in sheep from a large commercial farm (10 %) was significantly lower than that of sheep reared under the communal grazing system (80 %). Overall, significantly higher proportions of seropositive animals had antibody titres of 1:50 (34.2 % of 225) and 1:100 (44 % of 225) as compared to the 9.8 % and 12 % with antibody titres of 1:200 and 1:400, respectively. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2005-09-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ojvr.v72i4.181 | |
| Source | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 72, No 4 (2005); 267-272 2219-0635 0030-2465 | |
| Language | eng | |
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