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1 October 2004 TISSUE DISTRIBUTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CHICKEN ISOLATES OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII FROM PERU
J. P. Dubey, M. Z. Levy, C. Sreekumar, O. C H. Kwok, S. K. Shen, E. Dahl, P. Thulliez, T. Lehmann
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Abstract

The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging chickens is a good indicator of the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. The prevalence of T. gondii antibodies in sera of 50 free-range chickens (Gallus domesticus) from Peru was 26% on the basis of the modified agglutination test (MAT). Hearts, pectoral muscles, and brains of seropositive (MAT ≥1:5) chickens were bioassayed individually in mice. Tissues from the remaining 37 seronegative chickens were pooled and fed to 2 T. gondii–free cats. Feces of cats were examined for oocysts; they did not shed oocysts. Toxoplasma gondii was isolated from the hearts of 10 seropositive chickens but not from their brains and pectoral muscles. Genotyping of these isolates using the SAG2 locus indicated that 7 isolates were type I and 3 were type III. Six of the 7 type-I isolates were avirulent for mice, which was unusual because type-I isolates are considered virulent for mice. The T. gondii isolates were from chickens from different properties that were at least 200 m apart. Thus, each isolate is likely to be different. This is the first report of isolation of T. gondii from chickens from Peru.

J. P. Dubey, M. Z. Levy, C. Sreekumar, O. C H. Kwok, S. K. Shen, E. Dahl, P. Thulliez, and T. Lehmann "TISSUE DISTRIBUTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CHICKEN ISOLATES OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII FROM PERU," Journal of Parasitology 90(5), 1015-1018, (1 October 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-329R
Received: 30 January 2004; Accepted: 1 February 2004; Published: 1 October 2004
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