Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Donkeys (Equus asinus) in Italy

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Ugo MARIANI²  Giovanna FUSCO²  Kamil SEDLAK⁵  Jitender P. DUBEY⁴  Domenico FULGIONE¹  Eva BARTOVA³  Antonio DI LORIA⁶  Tereza MACHACOVA³  Vincenzo VENEZIANO⁷ 

[1] Department of Biology, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Napoli, Italy;Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého tř. 1/3, Brno, Czech Republic;Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, BARC-E, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD, U.S.A.;Department of Virology and Serology, State Veterinary Institute Prague, Sídlištní 136/24, Prague 6, Czech Republic;Department of Health Science, University of Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy;Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy

关键词: Equus asinus;    Italy;    risk factors;    serology;    toxoplasmosis;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.13-0352

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(12)Cited-By(3)Toxoplasmosis, an important zoonosis, can be transmitted by eating meat or drinking milk of animals infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Samples were collected from 238 donkeys in the year 2010 in Italy, which included 207 females and 31 males of five breeds and crossbreeds with the average age 9 years (1 month�?24 years). Sera were tested for T. gondii antibodies using a latex agglutination test and the indirect fluorescent antibody test; 5 and 8% seropositivity were recorded, respectively. We found significant correlation between the presence of T. gondii antibodies and sex, age, grazing and presence of cats on the farms and their access to donkey feed. This is the first detection of T. gondii antibodies in donkeys in Italy.

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