SEROPREVALENCE STUDY OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN IRAQ ON SOME OF RUMINANT ANIMALS

Ali Akber, A.; Y. Hanna, L.; Hussain, A.; Abod, K; Mohammed, N; Taleb, S.; Awad, A.

	SEROPREVALENCE STUDY OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN IRAQ ON SOME OF RUMINANT ANIMALS
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-98
Authors
A. Ali Akber; L. Y. Hanna; A. Hussain; K Abod; N Mohammed; S. Taleb; A. Awad
Abstract
This study was conductedat at the Department of Central Veterinary Laboratories and Researches CVL/Serology unit/General Company for Veterinary for the detection of antibodies Toxoplasma Gondii in the sera of five kinds of animals (sheep, goats, cows, buffaloes and camels) in the all of Iraq's provinces except the province of Kurdistan depending on the census in 2008. 3986 samples collected randomly and tested by ELISA using diagnostic kit from (ID Vet. Company) for ruminants. Survey showed that the infection ratio of the Iraq, s provinces for all animals is 19.5%. Results by animals type in sheep is 21.2%, goats 21.3%, cows14.6%, buffalo 8.6% and in camels 37.5%. It is the first time in Iraq using this diagnostic kit in ruminants and especially for detecting antibodies in camels and when we re-examined the same positive samples showed the same result. province of Babylon Showed the highest seropositivity percentage in sheep 39.5%, followed by the province of Al-Anbar, and by 34.4% and the province of Nineveh, 30%, and recorded Wasit province, less than the proportion 6%, Either with respect to the results of goats showed Salahuddin province, the highest seropositivity percentage 71.4% , followed by the province Anbar, 40.4% and 33.3% in Basra whenthe Wasit province, showed the lowest 4%, while the province of Maysan, Karbala and Najaf had been free from infection .Results for the cows showed the province of ThiQar, the highest seropositivity percentage 25%, followed by Diyala province, 21% and the provinces of Salahuddin and Al-Anbar 19.4%, while the province of Baghdad, showed the lowest 5%, the province of Basra and Najaf were free from infection. As for the results of the survey of the buffalo showed Wasit province, the highest seropositivity percentage is 50%, followed by the province of Diyala 33.3% ThiQar 15%, the lowest in the province of Basra 4.3% Nineveh, Kirkuk, Najaf , Muthanna , Diwaniyia , Karbala , Salahuddin was free from infection.Results for the camels showed the province of Diwaniya the highest percentage of infection100%. Followed by Maysan 77.7% and 66.6% Muthanna, province Nineveh, Basra, ThiQar, Babil, Najaf, Waist was free from infection.
Keywords
Sheep; Goat; Cow; buffaloes; Camels; ELISA; toxoplasmosis

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