Research article
Prevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii in Sheep and Goats in Multan (Punjab), Pakistan
Mahnoor Khan Jamali1, Rida Tabbasum1, Abdul Latif Bhutto2, Sindhu2, Muhammad Ramzan3, Shah Jahan Musakhail3, Khalil-ur-Rehman3, Allah Bachaya, Faiza Habib3, Mammona Arshad1, Tayyba Awais1, Asfa Sakhawat1, Inayatullah Sarki2, Sahar Fatima1, Muhammad Fawad1 and Adnan Yousaf2*
1University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
2Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
3Department of Livestock and Dairy Development, Quetta, Pakistan
Adnan Yousaf, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan.
Received Date: September 03, 2021; Published Date: October 05, 2021
Abstract
Toxoplasmosis, a protozoan illness caused by Toxoplasma (T.) gondii, is prevalent in humans and other animals, having been observed in a variety of nations and climates. There is no data on this element of food animals in Pakistan. The goal of this study was to find out how common T. gondii infection is in sheep and goats. A total of n = 300 serum samples from sheep (n =230) and goats (n = 170) were collected and tested for Toxoplasmosis using a commercial latex agglutination kit (Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd. Japan) in the Multan. Toxoplasmosis prevalence was 20.33% overall. Goats had a substantially greater P<0.01 prevalence 22.94% than sheep 16.92%, and females 30.55% had a significantly higher P<0.01 prevalence than males 16.92% for both species. Male sheep and goats were shown to be less seropositive to T. gondii in this investigation than female sheep and goats. Adult sheep had a considerably higher prevalence P<0.01 than younger animals. In both sheep and goats, the group aged 1–2 years is strongly seropositive compared to the group aged less than one year, followed by the group aged 2–3 years, and the group aged more than three years is least seropositive.
Keywords:Toxoplasma gondii; Sheep; Goat; Prevalence; Multan; Punjab
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Tayyba Awais, Asfa Sakhawat, Inayatullah Sarki, Sahar Fatima, Muhammad Fawad, Adnan Yousaf etc al.. Prevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii in Sheep and Goats in Multan (Punjab), Pakistan. Arch Animal Husb & Dairy Sci. 2(4): 2021. AAHDS.MS.ID.000541.
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