Epizootological study on Toxoplasma gondii in zoo animals in the Czech Republic
Jazyk angličtina Země Nizozemsko Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
30096285
DOI
10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.08.005
PII: S0001-706X(17)31396-7
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- LAT, PCR, Serology, Stray cats, Toxoplasmosis,
- MeSH
- Carnivora krev imunologie parazitologie MeSH
- divoká zvířata krev imunologie parazitologie MeSH
- hlodavci krev imunologie parazitologie MeSH
- kočky MeSH
- latex fixační testy MeSH
- protilátky protozoální imunologie MeSH
- protozoální DNA krev MeSH
- ptáci krev imunologie parazitologie MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- savci krev imunologie parazitologie MeSH
- séroepidemiologické studie MeSH
- Toxoplasma genetika imunologie MeSH
- toxoplazmóza zvířat krev epidemiologie imunologie MeSH
- zvířata v ZOO krev imunologie parazitologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- kočky MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika epidemiologie MeSH
- Názvy látek
- protilátky protozoální MeSH
- protozoální DNA MeSH
Toxoplasma gondii is protozoan parasite with ability of causing disease in wide-spectrum of animals; many species of animals in captivity died of clinical toxoplasmosis. The monitoring of T. gondii antibodies in zoo animals can be an important indicator of T. gondii circulation in zoo. The aim of this study was to examine sera of animals from eight Czech zoos by latex agglutination test with statistical evaluation and detect T. gondii DNA in stray cats and rodents captured in the zoos. T. gondii antibodies were detected in 33% of 1043 zoo animals without statistical difference between birds (27%, n = 74) and mammals (33%, n = 969). In birds, the chance to be infected with T. gondii was higher in Accipitriformes (71%) compared to Pelecaniformes (6%) (p < 0.0001). In mammals, the chance to be infected with T. gondii was higher in Carnivora (63%) compared to Cetarodactyla (30%), Perissodactyla (26%), Primates (28%) and Rodentia (13%) (p < 0.0001) and higher in Felidae (70%) compared to Bovidae (28%) and Equidae (28%) (p < 0.0001). Mammals with carnivore/scavenger way of feeding were in a higher risk of T. gondii infection compared to herbivores and omnivores (p < 0.0001). T. gondii DNA was detected in tissue of one stray cat while in none of 77 rodents caught in zoo. This study is the first report on toxoplasmosis in zoos from the Czech Republic including seroepidemiology and molecular detection.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
State Veterinary Institute Prague Sídlištní 136 24 165 03 Prague 6 Czech Republic
The Dvůr Králové Zoological Garden Štefánikova 1029 54401 Dvůr Králové nad Labem Czech Republic
The Prague Zoological Garden U Trojského zámku 3 120 171 00 Prague Czech Republic
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