| Autor: |
Stelzer, S., Basso, W., Benavides Silván, J., Ortega-Mora, L.M., Maksimov, P., Gethmann, J., Conraths, F.J., Schares, G. |
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Food and Waterborne Parasitology; June 2019, Vol. 15 Issue: 1 |
| Abstrakt: |
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondiiis a zoonotic parasite that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Felids, including domestic cats, are definitive hosts that can shed oocysts with their feces. In addition to infections that occur by accidental oral uptake of food or water contaminated with oocysts, it is assumed that a large proportion of affected humans may have become infected by consuming meat or other animal products that contained infective parasitic stages of T. gondii. Since farm animals represent a direct source of infection for humans, but also a possible reservoir for the parasite, it is important to control T. gondiiinfections in livestock. Moreover, T. gondiimay also be pathogenic to livestock where it could be responsible for considerable economic losses in some regions and particular farming systems, e.g. in areas where the small ruminant industry is relevant. |
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