Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan

On Amami Oshima Island, free-ranging and feral cats are harmful to wildlife populations. In this study, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in these cats was examined using a newly developed Gaussia luciferase immunoprecipitation system assay. Of 1,363 cats, 123 cats (9.0%) was positive for T. g...

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Autores principales: MATSUU, Aya, YOKOTA, Shin-ichi, ITO, Keiko, MASATANI, Tatsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017
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Parasitology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0359
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author MATSUU, Aya
YOKOTA, Shin-ichi
ITO, Keiko
MASATANI, Tatsunori
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description On Amami Oshima Island, free-ranging and feral cats are harmful to wildlife populations. In this study, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in these cats was examined using a newly developed Gaussia luciferase immunoprecipitation system assay. Of 1,363 cats, 123 cats (9.0%) was positive for T. gondii. The prevalence was significantly different in different areas; among cats in the rural area, where many wild animals live, including endangered species, T. gondii infection was more prevalent than in the urban area of the island. This finding indicates a possible risk to wildlife of infection from free-ranging and feral cats. Therefore, management of cats is important for wildlife conservation.
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spelling pubmed-57095642017-12-05 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan MATSUU, Aya YOKOTA, Shin-ichi ITO, Keiko MASATANI, Tatsunori J Vet Med Sci Parasitology On Amami Oshima Island, free-ranging and feral cats are harmful to wildlife populations. In this study, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in these cats was examined using a newly developed Gaussia luciferase immunoprecipitation system assay. Of 1,363 cats, 123 cats (9.0%) was positive for T. gondii. The prevalence was significantly different in different areas; among cats in the rural area, where many wild animals live, including endangered species, T. gondii infection was more prevalent than in the urban area of the island. This finding indicates a possible risk to wildlife of infection from free-ranging and feral cats. Therefore, management of cats is important for wildlife conservation. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017-10-01 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5709564/ /pubmed/28966212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0359 Text en ©2017 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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YOKOTA, Shin-ichi
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MASATANI, Tatsunori
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan
title Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan
title_full Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan
title_short Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on Amami Oshima Island, Japan
title_sort seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging and feral cats on amami oshima island, japan
topic Parasitology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0359
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