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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi |
2004, Cilt 18, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 021-023 |
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SEROPREVALANCE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII (NICOLLE AND MANCEAUX, 1908) IN THOROUGHBRED ARABIAN MARES AS DETECTED BY SABIN-FELDMAN DYE TEST IN ŞANLIURFA |
Murat SEVGİLİ1, Cahit BABÜR2, Ahmet GÖKÇEN1, Serpil NALBANTOĞLU3 |
1 Harran University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Şanlıurfa / TURKEY 2 The Ministry of Health Refik Saydam Hifzisihha Centre, Ankara / TURKEY 3 Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Ankara / TURKEY |
Keywords: Dye Test, mare, serology, Toxoplasma gondii |
This study was carried out to determine seroprevalence of T. gondii in thoroughbred Arabian mares in Şanlıurfa. For this purpose, blood samples were collected from a total 93 horses between November 2001 and June 2002 and sera were separated from those samples. The sera were analyzed to detect antibodies against T. gondii using Sabin-Feldman dye test.
Results indicated that, 7 (7.5%) of 93 horses were seropositive for T. gondii specific antibodies. Titers of 1/16 and 1/64 were found in 6 (85.7%) and in 1 (14.2%) of the 7 seropositive horses, respectively. |
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