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- Title
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Bartonella henselase infection in stray cats of the Daejeon City, Korea.
- Authors
Hyung-Jin Park; Sang-Eun Lee; Sung-Hee Hong; Won-Ja Lee; Kyoung-Won Seo; Kun-Ho Song
- Abstract
In this study, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma (T.) gondii and Bartonella (B.) henselae infection among stray cats in Daejeon City, Korea was surveyed. A total of seven samples were positive (7/118, 5.93%) for T. gondii including three samples from female cats (3/58, 5.2%) and four samples from male cats (4/60, 6.7%). There was no significant difference between the genders. A total 22 samples (22/118, 18.6%) were positive for B. henselae; nine were from females and 13 were from males. There was no significant difference between genders. Nineteen samples had a titer of 1 : 50, two samples had a titer of 1 : 100, and one sample had a titer of 1 : 200. The present study is the first to use serological tests to analyze B. henselae prevalence among stray cats in Korea.
- Subjects
TAEJON-si (Korea); SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA gondii; BARTONELLA henselae; TREATMENT of cat diseases
- Publication
Korean Journal of Veterinary Research, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
2466-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14405/kjvr.2014.54.2.87