Levantamento soroepidemiológico da toxoplasmose em ovinos na regiäo de Londrina, Paraná / Epidemiological study of ovine toxoplasmosis in Londrina region, Parana State, Brazil

ABSTRACT

Three hundred and seventy serum samples collected from ovine herds in Londrina, Parana State, were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for Toxoplasma gondii. The overal percentage of reagents (>=164) was 47.83 per cent. There were no significant differences amongst age groups. The percentage of reagents was 48.55 per cent amongst ewes, 36.84 per cent amongst rams, 47.37 per cent amongst ram lambs and 48.31 per cent amongst lambs. Is was concluded that T. gondii infection is highly pervalent in ovine herds of Londrina region