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Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery stores and farms in Maryland, Ohio and Massachusetts, USA.
Parasitology research - 1 May 2017
Ying Yuqing, Verma Shiv K, Kwok Oliver C H, Alibana Fatima, Mcleod Rima, Su Chunlei, Dubey Jitender P, Pradhan Abani K
Abstract excerpt
Chickens are considered important in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii. Chicken hearts (n = 1185) obtained from grocery stores were tested for T. gondii infection. Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed in fluid removed from the heart cavity using the modified agglutination test (MAT) at 1:5, 1:25, and 1:100 dilutions. MAT antibodies were detected in 222 hearts at 1:5 dilution and 8 hearts at 1:25 dilution, but...
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