Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii exposure in Australian feral and stray cats using an in-house modified agglutination test

• Published in: Veterinary parasitology Vol. 332; p. 110306
• Main Authors: Liyanage, K.L.D. Tharaka D., Amery-Gale, Jemima, Uboldi, Alessandro D., Adriaanse, Katherine, Firestone, Simon M., Tonkin, Christopher J., Jabbar, Abdul, Hufschmid, Jasmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Agglutination Tests - veterinary; Animals; Animals, Wild - parasitology; Antibodies, Protozoan - blood; Australia; Australia - epidemiology; Cat Diseases - epidemiology; Cat Diseases - parasitology; Cats; Female; Male; Modified agglutination test; Risk Factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Toxoplasma - immunology; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - epidemiology; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - parasitology; Australia; Cats; Modified agglutination test; Toxoplasma gondii; Australia

Toxoplasma gondii is a globally distributed zoonotic protist, capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals. In Australia, cats (Felis catus) are the only definitive host capable of spreading T. gondii infection via oocysts. Free-roaming cats are widespread in Australia and can play a central role i...