Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis in North Carolina black bears (Ursus americanus)

Serum samples from 143 hunter-killed black bears were collected during the 1996 and 1997 black bear hunting seasons in eastern North Carolina. All samples were tested for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by the modified agglutination test. Antibodies to T. gondii were present in 120 of 143 (84%) bear...

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Published inThe Journal of parasitology Vol. 84; no. 5; pp. 1048 - 1050
Main Authors Nutter, F.B, Levine, J.F, Stoskopf, M.K, Gamble, H.R, Dubey, J.P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1998
Subjects
Age Distribution
Animals
Animals, Wild
Antibodies, Helminth - blood
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Disease Reservoirs
Female
gender differences
incidence
Male
Meat - parasitology
North Carolina - epidemiology
Seroepidemiologic Studies
seroprevalence
Sex Distribution
surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toxoplasma - immunology
Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasmosis, Animal - epidemiology
Trichinella spiralis
Trichinella spiralis - immunology
Trichinellosis - epidemiology
Trichinellosis - veterinary
Ursidae - parasitology
Ursus americanus
North Carolina
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Summary:Serum samples from 143 hunter-killed black bears were collected during the 1996 and 1997 black bear hunting seasons in eastern North Carolina. All samples were tested for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by the modified agglutination test. Antibodies to T. gondii were present in 120 of 143 (84%) bears. Females had significantly higher titers than males (Wilcoxon rank sums test, P = 0.045), and titers increased with age (Jonckheere test, P = 0.01). Samples collected during 1996 (n = 79) were tested for antibodies to Trichinella spiralis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. No samples were positive for antibodies to T. spiralis.
ISSN:0022-3395
1937-2345
DOI:10.2307/3284644