Table 1 Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in three species of pet birds ( Carduelis spinus , Alauda gulgula and Cocothraustes migratorlus ) in China
Host | Locations | No. of sera with MAT titers of | No. examined | No. positive | Prevalence (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1:5 | 1:10 | 1:20 | 1:40 | 1:80 | 1:160 | (95% CI) | ||||
C. spinus | Lanzhou | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 19 | 15.83 (9.30-22.37) |
Tianshui | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 10 | 8.33 (3.89-13.28) | |
Longnan | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 12 | 10.00 (4.63-15.37) | |
A. gulgula | Lanzhou | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 135 | 17 | 12.59 (7.00-18.19) |
Tianshui | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 11 | 15.07 (6.86-23.28) | |
Longnan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 6 | 7.41 (1.70-13.11) | |
C. migratorlus | Tianshui | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 5.26 (0.00-12.36) |
Total | 19 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 687 | 77 | 11.21 (8.85-13.57) | |