| Autor: |
Wu SM; College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510642, China., Danba C, Huang SY, Zhang DL, Chen J, Gong G, Xu MJ, Yuan ZG, Zhu XQ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Journal of parasitology [J Parasitol] 2011 Dec; Vol. 97 (6), pp. 1188-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jul 25. |
| DOI: |
10.1645/GE-2912.1 |
| Abstrakt: |
In the present investigation, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in 455 Tibetan sheep in Tibet, China, was examined using an indirect hemagglutination test. Of these, 26 (5.7%) Tibetan sheep were seropositive at the cut-off of 1:64 serum dilution. The seroprevalence ranged from 2.2% to 8.9% among Tibetan sheep of <1-yr-old, 1-3-yr-old, and >3-yr-old, but the differences among the age groups were not significant (P > 0.05). The prevalence in male Tibetan sheep (2.8%) was lower than that in female Tibetan sheep (6.6%), but the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The results of this survey indicated the presence of T. gondii infection in Tibetan sheep, which may cause economic losses to the local livestock industry and which poses a potential threat to human health in this area. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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