Toxoplasma gondi infection in free-range chicken: mini-review and seroprevalence study in Oyo State, Nigeria

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ayinmode, A. B.	-
dc.contributor.author	Dubey, J. P.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-18T11:34:48Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-10-18T11:34:48Z	-
dc.date.issued	2012-09	-
dc.identifier.issn	1119-5096	-
dc.identifier.other	African Journal Biomedical Research 15(3), pp. 145 - 148	-
dc.identifier.other	ui_art_ayinmode_toxoplasama_2012	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3092	-
dc.description.abstract	Free-range chickens are sentinels for the presence of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in the environment because they feed from ground. T. gondii infected chickens are also an important source of infection for cats that shed environmentally resistant oocysts after eating infected chicken tissues. We surveyed 50 free-range chickens from Oyo State, Nigeria for the presence of T. gondii antibodies using the modified agglutination test (MAT). All chickens tested seropositive with MAT titers of 1:5 in 8 chickens, 1: 1:25 in 9 chickens, 1:100 in 19 chickens, and 1:500 in 14 chickens. Thus, even at a very conservative cut-off titer of 1:100, antibodies were found in 33 of 50 chickens, indicating a high prevalence of T. gondii in chickens.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Toxoplasma gondii	en_US
dc.subject	Free-range chicken	en_US
dc.title	Toxoplasma gondi infection in free-range chicken: mini-review and seroprevalence study in Oyo State, Nigeria	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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