Seroepidemiology of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Toxoplasma gondii</Emphasis> in pet dogs and cats in Beijing,China |
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Authors: | Jinhai Yu Jun Ding Zhaofei Xia Degui Lin Yili Li Junying Jia Qun Liu |
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Institution: | (1) College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China |
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Abstract: | Sera from 534 pet dogs and 335 pet cats from Beijing (China) were tested for anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or the latex agglutination test. The seropositivity by year, season,
sex and age was analysed. Overall, 128 dogs (24.0%) and 50 cats (14.9%) had antibodies to T. gondii. When analysed by season, the highest seroprevalence was found in spring for dogs (31.3%) and cats (25.1%), and the differences
in seroprevalence by season was statistically significant in cats (P<0.01) but not in dogs. The seroprevalence in male dogs
(23.7%) and cats (15.1%) were slightly higher than their female counterparts (18.0% in dogs and 12.3% in cats). There was
no obvious pattern of seropositivity or significant difference in different age groups in dogs or cats; nonetheless, a high
proportion of dogs at 4 years of age were positive to T. gondii (31.8%) while cats with relatively high seropositivity rates were at 1 or 3.4 years of age (13.14%). |
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Keywords: | Toxoplasma gondii seroepidemiology dogs cats ELISA LAT China |
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