Serologic Survey of Toxoplasma gondii in Black Bears (Ursus americanus) from Eastern Tennessee, USA

Sawsan Ammar; Jessica Braunstein; Chunlei Su; Ryan H Williamson; Richard Gerhold

doi:10.7589/2019-06-156

Serologic Survey of Toxoplasma gondii in Black Bears (Ursus americanus) from Eastern Tennessee, USA

J Wildl Dis. 2020 Jul;56(3):721-723. doi: 10.7589/2019-06-156. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

Authors

Sawsan Ammar^{1

2}, Jessica Braunstein³, Chunlei Su⁴, Ryan H Williamson⁵, Richard Gerhold¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
² Clinical Pathology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sadat City University, Sadat City, Menofia 32511, Egypt.
³ Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 514 Ken and Blaire Mossman Building, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
⁵ Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37976, USA.

PMID: 32053414
DOI: 10.7589/2019-06-156

Abstract

The modified agglutination test was used to study Toxoplasma gondii exposure in 70 eastern Tennessee, US, black bears (Ursus americanus) from 2015 to 2017. Overall, 74% (52/70) of bears were seropositive, and T. gondii was more prevalent in adults than subadults.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Agglutination Tests
Animals
Serologic Tests / veterinary*
Tennessee / epidemiology
Toxoplasma*
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / epidemiology*
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / parasitology
Ursidae / parasitology*