Issue |
Parasite
Volume 24, 2017
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Article Number | 7 | |
Number of page(s) | 3 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017007 | |
Published online | 22 February 2017 |
Short Note
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in zoo and domestic animals in Jiangxi Province, China
Séroprévalence de l’infection par Toxoplasma gondii chez des animaux de zoo et domestiques dans la province de Jiangxi en Chine
1
College of Animal Sciences, Wenzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou
325006, PR China
2
College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan
430070, PR China
3
Jiangxi Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi
330096, PR China
4
University College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100
Pakistan
5
College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou
434023, PR China
* Corresponding author: chviolet1984@sina.com, wangjiaxiang1109@163.com
Received:
20
November
2016
Accepted:
7
February
2017
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals throughout the world. In the present study, antibodies to T. gondii were determined using a commercial indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test in wild animals in a zoo. Three of 11 giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) (27%), 1 of 5 wolves (Canis lupus laniger) (20%), 1 of 6 hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious) (17%), and 2 of 9 tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) (22%) were found to be positive. No antibodies were detected in leopards (Panthera pardus), wild geese (Anser cygnoides), and Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). Domestic species from 13 counties of Jiangxi Province, China were also investigated by an indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test. Thirty-five of 340 goats (10%), 94 of 560 water buffaloes (17%), and 4 of 35 cattle (11%) were found to be seropositive. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in animals kept in zoos and domestic animals in this province.
Résumé
Toxoplasma gondii est un protozoaire parasite zoonotique qui infecte une large gamme d’animaux à sang chaud à travers le monde. Dans la présente étude, les anticorps dirigés contre T. gondii ont été déterminés en utilisant un test commercial d’hémagglutination indirecte (IHA) chez des animaux sauvages gardés dans un zoo. Trois (27 %) parmi 11 girafes (Giraffa camelopardalis), 1 (20 %) parmi 5 loups (Canis lupus laniger), 1 (17 %) parmi 6 hippopotames (Hippopotamus amphibious) et 2 (22 %) parmi 9 cygnes siffleurs (Cygnus columbianus) ont été trouvés positifs. Aucun anticorps n’a été détecté chez des léopards (Panthera pardus), des oies sauvages (Anser cygnoides) et des kangourous (Macropus giganteus). Les espèces domestiques provenant de 13 comtés de la province de Jiangxi, en Chine, ont également fait l’objet d’une enquête par hémagglutination indirecte. Trente-cinq chèvres parmi 340 (10 %), 94 buffles d’eau parmi 560 (17 %) et 4 bovins parmi 35 (11 %) ont été retrouvés séropositifs. Ceci est le premier rapport sur l’infection par T. gondii chez les animaux gardés dans des zoos et les animaux domestiques de cette province.
Key words: Toxoplasma gondii / Zoo animals / Domestic animals / Prevalence
© H. Luo et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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