Prevalence of Agglutinating Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis), Opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) From Connecticut

SHEILA M. MITCHELL; Dennis J. Richardson; David S. Lindsay

doi:10.1645/GE-800R.1

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SHEILA M. MITCHELL,¹ Dennis J. Richardson,² David S. Lindsay^1,3

¹Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, 1410 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0342
²Quinnipiac University, Campus Box 71, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut 06518
³To whom correspondence should be addressed. lindsayd@vt.edu

Abstract

The prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii was examined in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis), opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and raccoons (Procyon lotor) from 8 cities in Connecticut. Ten (42%) of the 24 striped skunks, 2 of 7 (29%) opossums, and 12 of 12 (100%) raccoons were positive at dilutions of 1:50 or greater. These results suggest that T. gondii is prevalent in the environment, or prey items, or both, of these omnivores in Connecticut.

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SHEILA M. MITCHELL, Dennis J. Richardson, and David S. Lindsay "Prevalence of Agglutinating Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis), Opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) From Connecticut," Journal of Parasitology 92(3), 664-665, (1 June 2006). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-800R.1

Published: 1 June 2006

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