Türkiye’nin Erzurum ilinde barınak kedilerinde Toxoplasma gondii enfeksiyonu için seroprevalans ve risk faktörleri-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Türkiye’nin Erzurum ilinde barınak kedilerinde Toxoplasma gondii enfeksiyonu için seroprevalans ve risk faktörleri

Published:2023-12-28 Issue:2 Volume:34 Page:151-155
ISSN:1016-3573
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HANEDAN Başak¹^ORCID,BABÜR Cahit^ORCID,EROĞLU Muhammed Sertaç²^ORCID,SÜMBÜL Selin Sinem²^ORCID,ALKAN Ömer³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Atatürk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

2. ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ

3. ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, EKONOMETRİ BÖLÜMÜ

Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence and risk factors of the infection of Toxoplasma gondii in cats kept in Animal Shelter and Rehabilitation Center of Erzurum Municipality in Erzurum that collected from stray. Total 70 blood samples were collected from apparently healthy cats and diseased cats such as diarrhea, and ocular and nasal discharge. Sera samples were stored in screw-capped sterile tubes at – 20 °C until analysis. In sera samples, IgG antibodies against T. gondii were analyzed by Sabin-Feldman Dye test. Of 70 cats, 25 (35.7%) was negative and 45 (64.3%) positive for T. gondii infection. An important association was not found between young and adult, female and male, and apparently healthy and diseased cats with T. gondii seropositivity. In this study, T. gondii seroprevalence was determined at high rates in cats kept in shelter in Erzurum provinceof Turkey. The prevention measures against T. gondii infection in cats should be implemented for animal and public health concerns.

Funder

Atatürk Üniversitesi BAP Birimi

Publisher

Etlik Veteriner Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi

Subject

General Medicine

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