Title of article
Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Free-Range Chicken: Mini-Review and Seroprevalence Study in Oyo State, Nigeria
Author/Authors
Ayinmode, A. B. University of Ibadan - Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Ibadan , Dubey, J. P. United States Department for Agriculture - Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, USA
From page
145
To page
148
Abstract
Free-range chickens are sentinels for the presence of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in the environment because they feed from ground. T. gondii infected chickens are also an important source of infection for cats that shed environmentally resistant oocysts after eating infected chicken tissues. We surveyed 50 free-range chickens from Oyo State, Nigeria for the presence of T. gondii antibodies using the modified agglutination test (MAT). All chickens tested seropositive with MAT titers of 1:5 in 8 chickens, 1: 1:25 in 9 chickens, 1:100 in 19 chickens, and 1:500 in 14 chickens. Thus, even at a very conservative cut-off titer of 1:100, antibodies were found in 33 of 50 chickens, indicating a high prevalence of T. gondii in chickens.
Keywords
Toxoplasma gondii , Free , range chicken , Nigeria
Journal title
African Journal of Biomedical Research
Journal title
African Journal of Biomedical Research
Record number
2532443
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