Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Tibetan Sheep in Tibet, China

Song-Ming Wu; Ciren Danba; Si-Yang Huang; De-Lin Zhang; Jia Chen; Ga Gong; Min-Jun Xu; Zi-Guo Yuan; Xing-Quan Zhu

doi:10.1645/GE-2912.1

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1 December 2011 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Tibetan Sheep in Tibet, China

Song-Ming Wu, Ciren Danba, Si-Yang Huang, De-Lin Zhang, Jia Chen, Ga Gong, Min-Jun Xu, Zi-Guo Yuan, Xing-Quan Zhu

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J. of Parasitology, 97(6):1188-1189 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2912.1

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In the present investigation, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in 455 Tibetan sheep in Tibet, China, was examined using an indirect hemagglutination test. Of these, 26 (5.7%) Tibetan sheep were seropositive at the cut-off of 1:64 serum dilution. The seroprevalence ranged from 2.2% to 8.9% among Tibetan sheep of <1-yr-old, 1–3-yr-old, and >3-yr-old, but the differences among the age groups were not significant (P > 0.05). The prevalence in male Tibetan sheep (2.8%) was lower than that in female Tibetan sheep (6.6%), but the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The results of this survey indicated the presence of T. gondii infection in Tibetan sheep, which may cause economic losses to the local livestock industry and which poses a potential threat to human health in this area.

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Song-Ming Wu, Ciren Danba, Si-Yang Huang, De-Lin Zhang, Jia Chen, Ga Gong, Min-Jun Xu, Zi-Guo Yuan, and Xing-Quan Zhu "Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Tibetan Sheep in Tibet, China," Journal of Parasitology 97(6), 1188-1189, (1 December 2011). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2912.1

Published: 1 December 2011

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