Serological study of equine toxoplasmosis in southeast of Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Basic and Clinical Veterinary Medicine

شیوا امان الهی ¹ , احسان اله سخائی ^{2 *} , مهدی گلچین ³

1 - School of Veterinary Medicine graduate, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman
2 - Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
3 - Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Received: 2017-08-20 Accepted : 2017-10-12 Published : 2019-12-01

Keywords: Iran, horse, Toxoplasma gondii, Latex agglutination test,

Abstract :

Toxoplasmosis, is an important worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. This disease is transmitted mainly through the ingestion of tissue cysts in contaminated raw or undercooked meat, or through sporulated oocysts in food, soil and water. The objective of the present study was determination of anti-Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalencein the horses inKermanandYazdprovinces by latex agglutination test. Therefore, 163 serum samples were collected from apparently healthy horses at race clubs in Kerman and Yazd provinces and evaluated by latex agglutination test. According to the results, antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were detected in 71 sera (43.56 %) among 163 samples. So there are some sero-positive cases in horse population of Kerman and Yazd provinces.