Table 1 Summary of studies reporting T. gondii genotypes circulating in ruminant livestock in Europe
From: Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in Spanish sheep flocks
Country | Host species | n | Type (%) | Method | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | MRA | |||||
Isolates | ||||||||
France | Sheep | 8 | – | 100 | – | – | MS | [40] |
Sheep | 46 | – | 97.8 | 2.2 | – | RFLP-ML + MS | [21] | |
Cattle | 2 | – | 100 | – | – | MS | [68] | |
Italy | Sheep | 5 | – | – | – | 100 | RFLP-ML | [23] |
Portugal | Cattle | 1 | 100 | – | – | – | RFLP-ML + MS | [22] |
Romania | Goat | 2 | – | 100 | – | – | MS | [69] |
Serbia | Sheep | 1 | – | 100 | – | – | RFLP-ML | [70] |
UK | Sheep | 2 | – | 100 | – | – | RFLP-SAG2 | [47] |
Clinical samples | ||||||||
Ireland | Sheep (foetal tissues) | 19 | – | 79 | 21 | – | RFLP-ML | [6] |
Italy | Goat (milk) | 10 | 10 | – | 40 | 50 | RFLP-ML | [71] |
Sheep (placental and foetal tissues) | 21 | – | 100 | – | – | RFLP-ML | [48] | |
Sheep (milk) | 1 | 100 | – | – | – | RFLP-SAG3 | [72] | |
Cattle (skeletal muscle) | 6 | 66.6 | 16.6 | 16.6 | – | RFLP-ML | [51] | |
Sheep (meat) | 15 | – | 100 | – | – | B1-Seq | [77] | |
Goat (meat) | 3 | – | 100 | – | – | |||
Poland | Goat (milk) | 25 | – | – | 100 | – | RFLP-ML | [73] |
Portugal | Sheep (myocardium) | 6 | – | 100 | – | 33.3 | RFLP-SAG2 | [74] |
Goat (myocardium) | 3 | – | 100 | – | – | |||
Cattle (myocardium) | 3 | – | 100 | – | – | |||
The Netherlands | Sheep (myocardium) | 13 | – | 100 | – | – | MS + GRA6-Seq | [46] |
Slovakia | Goat (milk) | 14 | – | 100 | – | – | RFLP-SAG2 | [75] |
Switzerland | Sheep (diaphragm) | 5 | – | – | – | 100 | RFLP-ML | [24] |
Cattle (diaphragm) | 9 | 100a | ||||||
Sheep (diaphragm) | 5 | – | 40 | – | 60 | RFLP-ML | [76] | |
Cattle (diaphragm) | 9 | – | – | – | 100a | |||
UK | Sheep (placental tissues) | 13 | – | 100 | – | – | RFLP-SAG2 | [47] |
Sheep (meat) | 6 | 60 | – | – | 40 | RFLP-SAG2 | [45] | |
Cattle (meat) | 1 | – | – | – | 100 | |||