Journal of Veterinary Parasitology

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 1

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in buffaloes†

  • Author:
  • J. Selvaraj1, B. Murali Manohar1, Sarman Singh1,2, C. Balachandran1,3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 41 to 42

1Department of Veterinary Pathology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-600 007, India.

2Division of Clinical Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-100 029.

3Centralised Clinical Laboratory, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-600 007, India.

†Part of Ph.D. research work of the first author, Tamil Nadu Veterinary Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051.

Abstract

Sera of 99 she-buffaloes slaughtered at Corporation Slaughter House, Chennai, were screened for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by modified direct agglutination test. One hundred per cent seropositivity was observed at a dilution of 1:200.

Keywords

Toxoplasma gondii, Seroprevalence, Buffalo