Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Cats
Prevalence Rates It is likely that most Toxoplasma gondii-infected cats are infected for life. [...]serum antibodies are likely to correlate to current infection. In a recent study of clinically ill cats, T. gondii antibodies were detected in 31.6% of the 12,628 cats tested.4 In another study of fer...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Topics in companion animal medicine 2010-08, Vol.25 (3), p.136-141 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Prevalence Rates It is likely that most Toxoplasma gondii-infected cats are infected for life. [...]serum antibodies are likely to correlate to current infection. In a recent study of clinically ill cats, T. gondii antibodies were detected in 31.6% of the 12,628 cats tested.4 In another study of feral cats in Florida, T. gondii antibodies were detected in 12.1%.5 Although T. gondii infection is common in cats, the oocyst shedding period is generally |
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ISSN: | 1938-9736 1946-9837 1876-7613 |
DOI: | 10.1053/j.tcam.2010.07.002 |