| antibody detection, isolation, genotyping, and virulence of toxoplasma gondii in captive felids from china. | the felids are the only definitive hosts of toxoplasma gondii, which could excrete oocysts into the environment and provide an infection source for toxoplasmosis in various warm-blooded animal species, particularly the captive felids that live close to human communities. the infection rate of the captive felids is a perfect standard in detecting the presence of toxoplasma gondii oocysts in the environment. in this study, sera or tissue samples from zoo (1 young tiger, 2 adult tigers, 6 young lio ... | 2017 | 28791002 |
| seroprevalence and genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii in masked palm civet (paguma larvata) in hainan province, tropical china. | in the present study, the seroprevalence, risk factors and genotyping of toxoplasma gondii in masked palm civet were investigated in tropical china. a total of 500 serum were collected from five administrative farms in tropical china, and assayed for t. gondii antibodies by modified agglutination test (mat). the brain samples of 20 aborted fetuses were examined by semi-nested-pcr, and positive aborted fetuses (50%) were necropsied to collect the brain tissue for molecular and bioassay examinatio ... | 2016 | 27311389 |