Serological investigation on ovine toxoplasmosis in Egypt

ABSTRACT

Sheep in Egypt were investigated serologically for toxoplasmosis. Examination of 915 apparently healthy sheep collected during slaughtering at Cairo and Giza abattoirs by IHAT revealed that 519 [56.7%] were Toxoplasma positive at titer of less than 1/32. Out of the 519 positive sera, 65 were positive at titer of 1/64, 92 at 1/128, 78 at 1/256, 66 at 1/512, 40 at 1/1024 and 68 at > 1/2048 with percentage of 12.25%, 17.73%, 15.02%, 121%, 72.7.7% and 13.10%, respectively. From this study it can concluded that the use of more than one serological test for diagnosis of ovine toxoplasmosis provide proper and accurate diagnosis