| isolation of toxoplasma gondii from animals in durango, mexico. | little is known concerning the epidemiology of toxoplasma gondii infection in people and animals in rural mexico. serum samples and tissues from 150 dogs (canis familaris), 150 cats (felis catus), 65 opossums (didelphis virginianus), 249 rats (rattus spp.), 127 mice (mus musculus), and 69 squirrels (spermophilus variegatus) from the durango area were evaluated for t. gondii infection. using a modified agglutination test and a serum dilution of 1:25, antibodies to this parasite were found in 68 ( ... | 2009 | 18925790 |
| neospora caninum and toxoplasma gondii antibodies in dogs from durango city, mexico. | toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum are structurally similar parasites, with many hosts in common. the prevalence of antibodies to t. gondii and n. caninum was determined in sera from dogs from durango city, mexico. using a modified agglutination test, antibodies to t. gondii were found in 52 (51.5%) of the 101 dogs with titers of 1:25 in 27, 1:50 in 11, 1:100 in 5, 1:200 in 4, 1:400 in 2, 1:800 in 2, and 1:3,200 or higher in 1. antibodies to n. caninum were determined by the indirect immunof ... | 2007 | 18163336 |