| prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in meat animals, cats and dogs in central scotland. | | 1987 | 3580823 |
| role of enzootic abortion and toxoplasmosis in an outbreak of abortion in a scottish sheep flock. | during 1978-79 there was an outbreak of abortion in a large sheep flock during which approximately 10 per cent of the breeding ewes aborted. both toxoplasma gondii and chlamydia ovis (the agent of enzootic abortion of ewes) were considered to be involved. in the year following this outbreak (1979-80), 156 ewes (11.4 per cent) aborted and the majority of cases were diagnosed as enzootic abortion: only one case showed gross pathology typical of toxoplasmosis. serology carried out on sera collected ... | 1983 | 6649377 |
| toxoplasmosis in farmed red deer (cervus elaphus) in scotland. | farming of red deer began in scotland in 1970 when an experimental nucleus was established on a hill farm in kincardineshire. from 1972 to 1977 sera from these animals were tested by the haemagglutination test (ha) and the sabin-feldman dye test (dt) for the presence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii. overall, dye test antibodies (greater than or equal to 1/16) were detected in 32.5 per cent of sera and ha antibodies in only 9.8 per cent. on average 14.1 per cent of the deer tested in 1972, 197 ... | 1980 | 7455352 |
| seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in north-eastern atlantic harbor seal (phoca vitulina vitulina) and grey seal (halichoerus grypus). | antibodies to toxoplasma gondii were determined in serum samples from 47 grey seals (halichoerus grypus) and 56 harbor seals (phoca vitulina vitulina) from the atlantic coasts of united kingdom and france. antibodies to t. gondii assayed by the modified agglutination test (mat) were found in 14 (13.6%; ic(95%): 7.0-20.2) of 103 seals tested, with titres of 1:25 in 13 seals and 1:50 in 1 seal. seroprevalence against t. gondii (mat 1:25 or higher) was significantly higher in grey seals (23.4%) com ... | 2011 | 21330059 |
| prevalence of bartonella species, haemoplasmas and toxoplasma gondii in cats in scotland. | the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence rates for select infectious agents of cats presented to the royal (dick) school of veterinary studies at the university of edinburgh, scotland. whole blood, serum, and oral mucosal and nail bed swabs were collected. while ehrlichia species, anaplasma species or rickettsia felis dna were not amplified from any cat, 44.2% of the cats had evidence of infection or exposure to either a bartonella species (15.3% were seropositive and 5.8% pol ... | 2011 | 21570883 |
| increased toxoplasma gondii positivity relative to age in 125 scottish sheep flocks; evidence of frequent acquired infection. | abstract: toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence was determined in 3333 sheep sera from 125 distinct sheep flocks in scotland, with the majority of flocks being represented by 27 samples, which were collected between july 2006 and august 2008. the selected farms give a representative sample of 14 400 sheep holdings identified in the scottish government census data from 2004. overall t. gondii seroprevalence, at individual sheep level, was determined to be 56.6%; each flock tested, had at least a singl ... | 2011 | 22189159 |
| toxoplasma gondii coinfection with diseases and parasites in wild rabbits in scotland. | in wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) on an estate in perthshire, central scotland, the seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii was 18/548 (3·3%). the wild rabbit could be a t. gondii reservoir and it has potential value as a sentinel of t. gondii in environmental substrates. toxoplasma gondii was associated with female sex (p < 0·001) and with relatively heavy infections by eimeria stiedae (p = 0·036). it was not associated with the intensity of coccidial oocysts, the severity of myxomatosis caus ... | 2015 | 26144268 |
| the prevalence and genotypic analysis of toxoplasma gondii from individuals in scotland, 2006-2012. | contemporary information relating to the prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in humans is lacking for the uk population, with even less information available about the human prevalence of the parasite in scotland. to address this, two different study groups were used to determine the prevalence and genotypes of toxoplasma gondii in the scottish population. | 2016 | 27267112 |
| molecular detection of toxoplasma gondii in water samples from scotland and a comparison between the 529bp real-time pcr and its1 nested pcr. | waterborne transmission of toxoplasma gondii is a potential public health risk and there are currently no agreed optimised methods for the recovery, processing and detection of t. gondii oocysts in water samples. in this study modified methods of t. gondii oocyst recovery and dna extraction were applied to 1427 samples collected from 147 public water supplies throughout scotland. t. gondii dna was detected, using real time pcr (qpcr) targeting the 529bp repeat element, in 8.79% of interpretable ... | 2015 | 26408950 |