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Toxoplasma Gondii in Sheep From the Campania Region (Italy)

Toxoplasma Gondii in Sheep From the Campania Region (Italy)

Giovanna Fusco, Laura Rinaldi, Achille Guarino, Yolande Therese Rose Proroga, Antonella Pesce, De Marco Giuseppina, Giuseppe Cringoli

Vet Parasitol. 2007 Nov 10;149(3-4):271-4.

PMID: 17764846

Abstract:

A cross-sectional serological survey was conducted in order to evaluate, irrespective of abortion, the Toxoplasma gondii infection in pastured sheep from the Campania region of southern Italy. A geographical information system was used in order to uniformly sample the ovine farms (n=117) throughout the entire region. Blood and milk samples were collected from 10 adult sheep (>18 months) on each farm (total number=1170 sheep). Serum samples were tested for the presence of IgG antibodies to T. gondii using a commercial indirect fluorescent antibody test. For each farm, the 10 milk samples collected were pooled in order to obtain a single milk sample per farm (total number=117 milk samples). The 77.8% (91/117) of the farms and the 28.5% (333/11,170) of the sheep resulted positive by serology. In addition, the presence of T. gondii DNA was detected by PCR in 4 milk samples out of the 117 examined (3.4%).

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