Abstract:
:In the present study, a total of 1,235 porcine serum samples were collected from 9 counties in Jilin Province (40°52'~46°18'N,121°38'~131°19'E), northeastern China from August to October 2013, and the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection was tested by indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA). The results showed that antibodies to T. gondii were found in 19.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 16.9% to 21.3%), with higher seroprevalence in the breeding boars (28.6%, 95% CI, 20.0% to 37.2%), and breeding sows (32.0%, 95% CI, 25.2% to 38.9%). No significant difference was found among the slaughter pigs, fattening pigs and the piglets. These results indicated that infection with T. gondii in pigs is widespread in Jilin province, and is of public health concern.
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Trop Biomedjournal_title
Tropical biomedicineauthors
Xu P,Cai YN,Leng X,Wang J,Ma W,Mu GD,Jiang J,Liu XY,Wang ZD,Zhao Q,Yang GLsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-03-01 00:00:00pages
116-20issue
1eissn
0127-5720issn
2521-9855journal_volume
32pub_type
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