Risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats and sheep raised in the State of Piauí in northeast Brazil
| Autor: | Ney Rômulo de Oliveira Paula, A. C. R. Cavalcante, M.M. Sousa, Bruno Leandro Maranhão Diniz, Janaina de Fátima Saraiva Cardoso, Kenney de Paiva Porfirio, Francisco Selmo Fernandes Alves, R.A.B. Silva, Ricardo Wagner de Almeida Vitor, Wagner Martins Fontes do Rêgo, W.A.C. Coelho, Raymundo Rizaldo Pinheiro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine biology Microregion 030231 tropical medicine Toxoplasma gondii Northeast brazil 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Serum samples medicine.disease Toxoplasmosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Animal science Food Animals Homogeneous Herd medicine Small ruminant Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Small Ruminant Research. 141:17-23 |
| ISSN: | 0921-4488 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.04.010 |
| Popis: | To identify the risk factors for toxoplasmosis in the microregions of the Brazilian State of Piaui, 1964 serum samples from 130 goat and sheep herds were tested using ELISA. Of these, 40.5% (235/580) of goats and 48.7% (182/374) of sheep from the upper-middle Gurgueia microregion (UMGM) had antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii . In the Teresina homogeneous microregion (THM), 49.4% (376/761) of goats and 67.5% (168/249) of sheep were seropositive. We observed that seropositivity in sheep from the UMGM was related to the extensive rearing system. For goats from the UMGM, risk factors included cats feeding on placenta remains, the number of domestic dogs on the farm and gender (female). The risk factors for toxoplasmosis in sheep from the THM included having more than two cats on the farm and domestic and wild dogs having access to herd drinking water. For goats from the THM, risk factors included being bred for meat and gender (female). Therefore, T. gondii is present in goat and sheep herds, suggesting that methods to prevent toxoplasmosis in the UMGM and THM of Piaui, Brazil are necessary. |
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