Table 1 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in chickens, ducks, and geese in Shenyang, northeastern China by the modified agglutination test (MAT)
Animal | Â | No. tested | No. with anti-T. gondiiantibodies | Total | Prevalence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
species | Â | Â | 1:25 | 1:50 | 1:100 | 1:200 | 1:400 | positive | (%) |
Chicken | FR | 206 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11.2 |
Caged | 296 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | |
| Â | Total | 502 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 5.8 |
Duck | FR | 122 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 12.3 |
Caged | 146 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7.5 | |
| Â | Total | 268 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7.8 |
Goose | FR | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.9 |
Caged | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.0 | |
| Â | Total | 128 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4.7 |