A survey of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in pigs in Indonesia

I Inoue; C S Leow; D Husin; K Matsuo; P Darmani

A survey of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in pigs in Indonesia

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2001 Mar;32(1):38-40.

Authors

I Inoue¹, C S Leow, D Husin, K Matsuo, P Darmani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Zoology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.

PMID: 11485092

Abstract

In August 1994, blood samples were collected from 110 pigs at a slaughter house in Bandar Lampung (Sumatra) and from 98 pigs in a slaughter house in Ujung Pandang (Sulawesi), 208 pigs in total. Anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibody titer in these samples was surveyed using the latex agglutination test. The positivity rate was 3.6% (4/110) in Bandar Lampung, and 9.2% (9/98) in Ujung Pandang. The antibody titer was 1:128 in two and 1:512 in two in Bandar Lampung, and 1:64 in six, 1:128 in two, and 1:256 in one in Ujung Pandang, showing that the titer was higher in Bandar Lampung.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
Indonesia / epidemiology
Swine
Swine Diseases / diagnosis*
Swine Diseases / epidemiology
Swine Diseases / immunology
Toxoplasma / immunology*
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / diagnosis*
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Protozoan