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Table 1 Seroprevalence of T. gondii in wildlife by county and State in the southeastern USA

From: Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence and genotype diversity in select wildlife species from the southeastern United States

State of origin

County/Site

Species

Seropositive/ total

Seroprevalence (%)

Tennessee (n = 309; 293 mammals, 16 birds)

Loudon

white-tailed deer

5/9

55.6

Knox

opossum

1/2

50.0

woodchuck

1/4

25.0

mink

1/1

100

raccoon

5/12

41.7

gray fox

2/3

66.7

opossum

2/3

66.7

pigeon

1/1

100

othera

0/32

0

Coffee

white-tailed deer

1/3

33.3

gray squirrel

0/9

0

Ames Plant

coyote

11/17

54.1

white-tailed deer

40/77

51.9

raccoon

5/8

62.5

opossum

3/7

42.9

GSMNP

black bear

0/1

0

feral hog

11/27

40.7

Kingston

raccoon

7/13

53.8

Oak Ridge

white-tailed deer

18/64

28.1

AEDC, Decherd

white-tailed deer

2/14

14.2

Jefferson

raccoon

0/1

0

Roane

mink

0/1

0

South Carolina (n = 74)

Laurens

white-tailed deer

33/74

44.6

North Carolina (n = 74)

GSMNP

feral hog

40/73

54.8

black bear

0/1

0

Georgia (n = 6)

Jefferson

gray fox

0/1

0

Putnam

coyote

5/5

100

Alabama (n = 4)

Brent

woodchuck

0/1

0

Hale

eastern cottontail

0/1

0

armadillo

0/1

0

gray squirrel

0/1

0

Kentucky (n = 4)

Perry

elk

2/3

66.7

Knott

elk

0/1

0

  1. Overall prevalence = 196/471 (41.6%)
  2. Abbreviations: GSMNP Great Smoky Mountain National Park, AEDC Arnold Engineering development complex
  3. aTotal 32 samples (15 mammals, 17 birds): one sample from each of the following wildlife: American crow, American robin, beaver, belted kingfisher, chickadee, chimney swift, fox squirrel, gray catbird, hermit thrush, house sparrow, oven bird, pileated woodpecker, rock pigeon, tufted titmice and turkey vulture. Two samples from: eastern chipmunk, blue jay and mourning dove. Four samples from: gray squirrel. Seven samples from eastern cottontail