Detection of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in carthorses in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

作者：Finger Mariane Angelica; Cassaro Villalobos Eliana Monteforte; De Souza Hunold Lara Maria Do Carmo Custodio; Sequetin Cunha Elenice Maria; De Barros Filho Ivan Roque; Deconto Ivan; Dornbusch Peterson Triches; Ullmann Leila Sabrina; Biondo Alexander Welker^*

来源：Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, 2013, 22(1): 179-181.

DOI：10.1590/S1984-29612013005000001

• Toxoplasma gondii
• carthorses
• indirect fluorescence antibody test

Toxoplasma gondii, the agent for toxoplasmosis, has worldwide distribution. Horses normally play a secondary role in its life cycle, but movement around urban areas, feeding on grass and the increasing use of carthorses for gathering recyclable material in some urban areas of Brazil may increase their exposure to T gondii infection. The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency of anti-T. gondii antibodies in carthorses in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, PR. IgG antibodies against T. gondii were detected using the indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT) (titers %26gt;= 64). Seventeen (17.0%) of the 100 horses sampled were seropositive. There were no statistical differences in relation to sex (p = 0.28) or age (p = 0.15). Our findings suggest that carthorses are exposed to T gondii infections and that no associations with age or sex exist.

• 出版日期2013-3