Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Barren-Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) From the Canadian Arctic

S. J. Kutz; B. T. Elkin; D. Panayi; J. P. Dubey

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0439:POTGAI]2.0.CO;2

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1 April 2001 Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Barren-Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) From the Canadian Arctic

S. J. Kutz, B. T. Elkin, D. Panayi, J. P. Dubey

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J. of Parasitology, 87(2):439-442 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0439:POTGAI]2.0.CO;2

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Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii was determined in 147 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) from 5 herds in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, northern Canada, by the modified agglutination test (MAT). In the mainland herds (Bluenose, Bathurst, and Beverly), antibodies were found in 43 (37%) of 117 caribou, and MAT titers were 1:25 in 10, 1:50 in 24, and 1:500 in 9. In the island herds, only 1 (4.3%) of 23 animals sampled from the North Baffin Island herd was positive (titer = 1:25) and no antibodies were detected in 7 caribou from the Dolphin and Union herd. The high prevalence of antibodies to T. gondii in the mainland caribou herds indicates that caribou meat may contain viable T. gondii.

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S. J. Kutz, B. T. Elkin, D. Panayi, and J. P. Dubey "Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Barren-Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) From the Canadian Arctic," Journal of Parasitology 87(2), 439-442, (1 April 2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0439:POTGAI]2.0.CO;2

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