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.
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Animals , Antibodies, Protozoan/blood , Indonesia/epidemiology , Swine , Swine Diseases/diagnosis , Toxoplasma/immunology , Toxoplasmosis, Animal/diagnosisABSTRACT
A survey for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii using latex agglutination test (LAT) was carried out from November 1994 to March 1995 in several areas of Lampung Province, Sumatra Indonesia with seropositivity rates of 47.5% in 160 goats and 9.0% in 200 cattle. Twenty-six out of 78 positive goats had a maximum antibody titer of more than 1:2,048. In case of cattle, the maximum antibody titer was 1:128.