https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/633481
標題: | Molecular and serological detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in mammals in the Taipei Zoo | 作者: | Hsu, Chin Wei Wang, Pao Jung Huang, Pei Yun Lien, Chen Yeh Wu, Li Hsin Lai, Yen Hsueh Guo, Jun Cheng YEN-CHEN CHANG Cheng, Chiu Hung HUI-WEN CHANG |
關鍵字: | epidemiology survey | risk factors | Toxoplasma gondii | zoo mammals | 公開日期: | 1-十二月-2022 | 卷: | 69 | 期: | 8 | 來源出版物: | Zoonoses and Public Health | 摘要: | Toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii affects both conservation and public health efforts. In the Taipei Zoo, toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in ring-tailed lemurs and a meerkat in 2019 while a freeze–thaw meat strategy had been applied to carnivores before the event. To investigate the possible risk factors associated with T. gondii infection in the Taipei Zoo, 179 veterinary visiting mammals from 2019–2021 and six stray cats were included to detect anti-T. gondii IgG and IgM in their serum via ELISA, and T. gondii in their faeces and blood via PCR. Although the overall T. gondii IgG seroprevalence was 33.5% and PCR positivity was 16.2% in the zoo mammals, the correlation between T. gondii PCR and systemic IgG results was low. An omnivorous diet (adjusted OR = 0.4; 95% CI: 0.2–1.0), a herbivorous diet (adjusted OR = 3.2; 95% CI: 1.1–9.6), and animals in the Conservation Area where stray cats appeared (adjusted OR = 18.3; 95% CI: 3.9–85.9) were independent risk factors for T. gondii infection. The low T. gondii-specific IgM positivity (0.6%) suggests that most animals did not have acute T. gondii infection. In conclusion, our findings indirectly support that feeding frozen meat to carnivores, cleaning fresh food, and restricting access to stray cats to prevent faecal contaminants could prevent animals from T. gondii exposure. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85133932887&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/633481 |
ISSN: | 18631959 | DOI: | 10.1111/zph.12987 |
顯示於: | 分子暨比較病理生物學研究所 |
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