Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) from Peru
| Autor: | Herbert Sousa Soares, Solange Maria Gennari, Alfonso Zúñiga Hartley, Mónica Romero Solorio, J. P. Dubey, Fernando Ferreira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Veterinary medicine Meat Antibodies Protozoan Seroepidemiologic Studies Direct agglutination test parasitic diseases Peru medicine Seroprevalence Parasite hosting Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Artiodactyla biology Ecology Amazon rainforest Toxoplasma gondii biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Toxoplasmosis Tayassu pecari Toxoplasmosis Animal biology.protein Parasitology Female Antibody Toxoplasma |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of parasitology. 96(6) |
| ISSN: | 1937-2345 |
| Popis: | In the Peruvian Amazon, the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is a desirable game species and is important for the local rural economy. Blood samples from 101 white-lipped peccaries from Peru were collected from 3 different conservation areas located in the municipalities of Manu and Tambopata, southeastern region of the Peruvian Amazon. Antibodies were assayed using the modified agglutination test (MAT, cut of value of 25). Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were found in 89.1% (90 of 101) of animals, with titers of 1 ∶ 25 in 9, 1 ∶ 50 in 25, 1 ∶ 100 in 20, 1 ∶ 200 in 14, 1 ∶ 400 in 12, 1 ∶ 800 in 9, and 1 ∶ 3,200 in 1; 87.7% and 89.2% of males and females, respectively, tested positively, and no association (P ≥ 0.05) with gender and occurrence of antibodies was observed. |
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