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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Farmed Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in China
- Source :
- Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17:209-212
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2017.
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Abstract
- Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite, can infect homoiothermal vertebrate animals, including raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides). Regretfully, data on T. gondii infection in raccoon dogs were limited in China. Therefore, to investigate the seroprevalence and to evaluate risk factors for T. gondii infection in raccoon dogs, a total of 1181 raccoon dog blood samples were collected from Jilin and Shandong provinces, China, from September to December 2014. The antibodies of T. gondii were examined using the modified agglutination test. Overall, the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was 8.64% in the examined raccoon dogs. The prevalences of T. gondii infection were different among cities (ranging from 2.96% in Yantai to 17.62% in Qingdao), genders (female: 7.58%; male: 9.22%), and ages (young: 8.53%; subadult: 7.71%; adult: 7.73%). Region was considered as an important risk factor for T. gondii infection in this study. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in raccoon dogs in China, providing baseline information for prevention and control of T. gondii infection in raccoon dogs in Jilin and Shandong provinces, China.
- Subjects :
- Male
0301 basic medicine
China
Veterinary medicine
030231 tropical medicine
Vertebrate Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan
Biology
Apicomplexan parasite
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Virology
Direct agglutination test
parasitic diseases
Animals
Seroprevalence
Animal Husbandry
Risk factor
Toxoplasma gondii
Raccoon Dogs
030108 mycology & parasitology
biology.organism_classification
Toxoplasmosis, Animal
Infectious Diseases
Female
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15577759 and 15303667
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....238c6eb51b47e750f53014b26f3cb597