Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Domestic (Columba livia domestica) and Wild (Columba livia livia) Pigeons in Niğde region, Turkey

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2011 Turkey Publisher:Galenos YayineviJournal:Turkish Journal of Parasitology, volume 35, pages 23-26 (issn: 1300-6320,

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Authors: Karatepe M.; Kiliç S.; Karatepe B.; Babür C.;

doi: 10.5152/tpd.2011.06

pmid: 21618187

handle: 11480/2125 , 11480/981

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Domestic (Columba livia domestica) and Wild (Columba livia livia) Pigeons in Niğde region, Turkey

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The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii specific antibodies in domestic (Columba livia domestica) and wild (Columba livia livia) pigeons between October 2003-June 2004.Blood samples were collected from 216 pigeons, consisting of 105 (55 female, 50 male) domestic pigeons and 111 (53 female, 58 male) wild pigeons. The sera were tested for T. gondii antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test (SFDT).One of the 105 (0.95%) domestic pigeon and one of the 111 (0.90%) wild pigeon were found to be seropositive for T. gondii antibodies at the titer of 1:16.This is the first serological study on toxoplasmosis in the domestic and wild pigeon in the Niğde region of Turkey.

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Turkey

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Ministry of Health
Turkey
Niğde University
Turkey

Keywords

Male, Turkey, Bird Diseases, Antibodies, Protozoan, Animals, Wild, Parazitoloji, Mice, Toxoplasmosis, Animal, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Animals, Domestic, Animals, Female, Columbidae, Genel ve Dahili Tıp, Toxoplasma

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