Title
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in ewes from a commercial farm in the Central Highlands
Other title
Seroprevalencia del toxoplasma gondii en borregas de una empresa ganadera de la sierra central
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite of worldwide distribution that causes reproductive disorders in animals and man. Warm-blooded animals constitute the intermediate hosts, get tissue cysts and disseminate the disease when contaminate the pasture with feces containing oocysts. Domestic and wild feline are the definitive hosts. The objective of the study was to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii in ewes belonging to a commercial farm located in the Central Highlands of Junín, Peru, using the Indirect Immunofluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT). A total of 387 sera were collected from ewes of various ages at shearing time in March 2002. The detected seroprevalence was 65.9 ± 4.7% (255/387). Seroprevalence increased according to age (p<0.05).
Start page
14
End page
19
Volume
17
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84859508522
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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