Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection in shelter cats in Erzurum province of Turkey

Authors : Başak Hanedan, Cahit Babür, Muhammed Sertaç Eroğlu, Selin Sinem Sümbül, Ömer Alkan

Pages : 151-155

Doi:10.35864/evmd.1359291

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Publication Date : 2023-12-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence and risk factors of the infection of Toxoplasma gondii in cats kept in Animal Shelter and Rehabilitation Center of Erzurum Municipality in Erzurum that collected from stray. Total 70 blood samples were collected from apparently healthy cats and diseased cats such as diarrhea, and ocular and nasal discharge. Sera samples were stored in screw-capped sterile tubes at – 20 °C until analysis. In sera samples, IgG antibodies against T. gondii were analyzed by Sabin-Feldman Dye test. Of 70 cats, 25 (35.7%) was negative and 45 (64.3%) positive for T. gondii infection. An important association was not found between young and adult, female and male, and apparently healthy and diseased cats with T. gondii seropositivity. In this study, T. gondii seroprevalence was determined at high rates in cats kept in shelter in Erzurum provinceof Turkey. The prevention measures against T. gondii infection in cats should be implemented for animal and public health concerns.
Keywords : Toxoplasma gondii, risk faktörleri, seroprevalans, kedi