Finger Mariane Angélica, Villalobos Eliana Monteforte Cassaro, Lara Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunold, Cunha Elenice Maria Sequetin, Barros Filho Ivan Roque de, Deconto Ivan, Dornbusch Peterson Triches, Ullmann Leila Sabrina, Biondo Alexander Welker
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2013 Jan-Mar;22(1):179-81. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612013005000001. Epub 2013 Mar 1.
Toxoplasma gondii, the agent for toxoplasmosis, has worldwide distribution. Horses normally play a secondary role in its life cycle, but movement around urban areas, feeding on grass and the increasing use of carthorses for gathering recyclable material in some urban areas of Brazil may increase their exposure to T. gondii infection. The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency of anti-T. gondii antibodies in carthorses in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, PR. IgG antibodies against T. gondii were detected using the indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT) (titers ≥ 64). Seventeen (17.0%) of the 100 horses sampled were seropositive. There were no statistical differences in relation to sex (p = 0.28) or age (p = 0.15). Our findings suggest that carthorses are exposed to T. gondii infections and that no associations with age or sex exist.
弓形虫是弓形体病的病原体，在全球范围内均有分布。马在其生命周期中通常扮演次要角色，但在城市地区四处活动、以草为食以及巴西一些城市地区越来越多地使用役马收集可回收材料，可能会增加它们感染弓形虫的风险。本研究的目的是调查巴拉那州库里蒂巴大都市区役马中抗弓形虫抗体的频率。使用间接荧光抗体试验（IFAT）（滴度≥64）检测抗弓形虫IgG抗体。在采样的100匹马中，有17匹（17.0%）血清呈阳性。在性别（p = 0.28）或年龄（p = 0.15）方面没有统计学差异。我们的研究结果表明，役马会感染弓形虫，且与年龄或性别无关。
