Parasitic diseases of equids in Iran (1931–2020): a literature review

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2. Seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in blood serum of equids in Iran

Host	Province	Diagnosis	No. of examined animals	Percentage of positive animals	References and year^a
Horse	Fars	DT	110	4.5	[66] 1991
Horse	Qazvin	MAT	52	71.2	[67] 2010
Horse	West Azerbaijan	MAT	26	11.5	[68] 2011
Horse	Fars	MAT	35	40.0	[69] 2012
Horse	Fars	MAT	35	40.0	[70] 2013
Horse	North Khorasan	IFAT	100	41.0	[71] 2013
Horse	Hamedan	MAT	120	13.3	[72] 2014
Horse	Khuzestan	MAT	235	48.5	[73] 2015
Horse	Kerman and Yazd	LAT	163	43.6	[74] 2017
Donkey	Hamedan	MAT	100	47.0	[75] 2015

NS not stated, DT dye test, MAT modified agglutination test, IFAT immunofluorescent antibody test, LAT latex agglutination test
^aYear of publication

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