Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Police Dogs in Shenyang, Northeastern China

In recent years, worldwide surveys of Toxoplasma gondii infection in dogs have been reported. However, only limited surveys of T. gondii infection in police dogs have been available, including China. In the present study, we report the seroprevalence of T. gondii in police dogs in Shenyang, northeas...

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Autores principales: Liu, Cheng-Wu, Yang, Na, He, Jian-Bin, Mu, Ming-Yang, Yang, Min, Sun, Ning, Li, Hong-Kui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24327786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.5.579
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Sumario:In recent years, worldwide surveys of Toxoplasma gondii infection in dogs have been reported. However, only limited surveys of T. gondii infection in police dogs have been available, including China. In the present study, we report the seroprevalence of T. gondii in police dogs in Shenyang, northeastern China. Sera from 291 police dogs were examined for T. gondii antibodies with the modified agglutination test (MAT), and 30.9% animals were tested seropositive. The results of the present study indicated a relatively high prevalence of T. gondii infection in police dogs in Shenyang, China.

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