From 2000 to 2002 bobcat blood samples were collected, in association with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, during the recently reactivated bobcat hunting and trapping season. Sex, age, and county/township data were recorded for each animal. Blood was tested for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii using the modified agglutination test. In the 2-yr study, 131 bobcat samples were collected in 14 Pennsylvania counties and 109 (83%) of these had antibodies to T. gondii (titer≥25). A two-way Chi-Square test (95% confidence interval) yielded no significance differences in antibody prevalence between males (83%) and females (88%) or adults (83%) and juveniles (77%). All 14 counties had at least one bobcat with antibodies to T. gondii.
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1 January 2006
Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the Pennsylvania Bobcat (Lynx rufus rufus)
Eric M. Mucker,
J. P. Dubey,
Matthew J. Lovallo,
Jan G. Humphreys
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 42 • No. 1
January 2006
Vol. 42 • No. 1
January 2006
Blood collection strips
bobcat
Lynx rufus
modified agglutination test
seroprevalence
Toxoplasma gondii