Exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in Marine Otters (Lontra felina) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in an Arid Environment in Chile

Carlos Calvo-Mac; Arno C. Gutleb; Servane Contal; Vannessa Ilukewitsch; Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi; Gonzalo Medina-Vogel

doi:10.7589/2019-10-269

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Carlos Calvo-Mac,^1,2 Arno C. Gutleb,³ Servane Contal,³ Vannessa Ilukewitsch,¹ Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi,⁴ Gonzalo Medina-Vogel^1,*

¹Centro de Investigación para la Sustentabilidad, Universidad Andrés Bello, República 440, Santiago, Chile
²PhD Program in Conservation Medicine, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, República 252, Santiago, Chile
³Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
⁴Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1260 Mayo Building, MMC 807, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA

^*Corresponding author (email: gmedina@unab.cl)

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide-distributed protozoon that infects warm-blooded animals. We determined T. gondii exposure in one marine otter (Lontra felina) and four domestic cats (Felis catus) along the northern and central coast of Chile, indicating a low seroprevalence of 5% (1/19) and 8% (4/50) respectively, likely related to arid environment.

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Carlos Calvo-Mac, Arno C. Gutleb, Servane Contal, Vannessa Ilukewitsch, Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi, and Gonzalo Medina-Vogel "Exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in Marine Otters (Lontra felina) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in an Arid Environment in Chile," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56(4), 962-964, (8 October 2020). https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-10-269

Received: 28 October 2019; Accepted: 8 May 2020; Published: 8 October 2020

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