Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibody in domestic horses in Japan

• Published in: Parasitology international Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 146 - 150
• Main Authors: Masatani, Tatsunori, Takashima, Yasuhiro, Takasu, Masaki, Matsuu, Aya, Amaya, Tomohiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Age Factors; Animals; antibodies; Antibodies, Protozoan - blood; Antibodies, Protozoan - immunology; Disease Transmission, Infectious - veterinary; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Horse Diseases - epidemiology; Horses; Infectious Disease; ingestion; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; latex agglutination test; Latex Fixation Tests; Oocysts; Prevalence; racehorses; regression analysis; Risk Factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma - immunology; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - epidemiology; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - immunology; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - parasitology; Toxoplasmosis, Animal - transmission; water pollution; Japan; Horses; Toxoplasma gondii; Japan; Seroprevalence

The present study is the first report that investigated the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic horses in various prefectures of Japan and analyzed risk factors for seropositivity. We performed a latex agglutination test for riding/racing horses from 11 prefectures in Japan (78...