| seroprevalence and risk factors associated with toxoplasma gondii in domestic pigs from spain. | serum samples from 2970 (1400 sows, 1570 fattening) pigs, from 100 farms in the 10 main swine production regions in spain were tested for antibodies against t. gondii by the modified agglutination test (mat). antibodies to t. gondii (mat 1:25 or higher) were detected in 492 pigs (16.6%, 9.7% in fattening pigs and 24.2% in sows). the herd prevalence was 85.0% (95% ci: 78-92) and within-farm prevalence ranged from 2.9% to 92.8% (median=17.6%). statistically significant differences were observed am ... | 2010 | 20601110 |
| development of an indirect immunofluorescence technique for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in bottlenose dolphins. | the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is often complicated by the lack of specific clinical symptoms or postmortem features, in humans and other animals. the only diagnostic test described so far for the serological diagnosis of toxoplasma gondii in marine mammals is the modified agglutination test (dubey et al., am j vet res 48(8):1239-1243, 1987). the development of more sensible and specific immunological techniques requires specific antibodies, which are currently unavailable in the scientific mark ... | 2014 | 24221890 |