Anwar Ali, Knaggs Joanna, Service Katrina M, McLaren Graeme W, Riordan Philip, Newman Chris, Delahay Richard J, Cheesman Chris, Macdonald David W
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QL, UK.
J Wildl Dis. 2006 Jan;42(1):179-81. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.1.179.
Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were detected in samples collected from 90 live-trapped adult Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) sampled at three sites (two agricultural and one woodland) in southern England. Serum was tested using a qualitative latex agglutination test procedure and 63 of 90 (70%) badgers tested positive for T. gondii antibodies. Antibody prevalence varied between the sites; 67% and 77% of badgers from agricultural sites and 39% from a nonagricultural site tested positive.
在从90只在英格兰南部三个地点（两个农业区和一个林区）活体捕获的成年欧亚獾（Meles meles）采集的样本中检测到了抗刚地弓形虫抗体。血清采用定性乳胶凝集试验程序进行检测，90只獾中有63只（70%）检测出刚地弓形虫抗体呈阳性。不同地点的抗体流行率有所不同；来自农业区的獾中67%和77%检测呈阳性，来自非农业区的獾中39%检测呈阳性。
