RESEARCH ARTICLES

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in aborted goats in Kerala
R. Karthika, K. Devada, Bindu Lakshmanan, K. Syamala, K. Vijayakumar and G.M. Pooja

doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2021.52.2.166-170

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.2021.52 (2):166-170.

Author Details

R. Karthika: M.V.Sc. scholar, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala - 680 651, India.

K. Devada: Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala - 680 651, India.

Bindu Lakshmanan: Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala - 680 651, India.

K. Syamala: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala - 680 651, India.

K. Vijayakumar: Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India.

G.M. Pooja: M.V.Sc. scholar, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Mannuthy, Thrissur, Kerala - 680 651, India.

Article History

Received: 21.12.2020, Accepted: 22.01.2021, Published online: 01.06.2021

Corresponding author: R Karthika 

e-mail: karthi.arunthi@gmail.com

Citation: Karthika, R., Devada, K., Lakshmanan, B., Syamala, K., Vijayakumar, K. and Pooja, G.M. 2021. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in aborted goats in Kerala. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 52(2): 166-170. https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2021.52.2.166-170

 

 



Abstract


Toxoplasmosis, is a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasitic infection prevalent throughout the world affecting all warm blooded animals and man. A total of 72 serum samples from goats belonging to the organised, unorganised and small holder farms that had aborted recently or had a history of abortion were collected from the central districts of Kerala viz., Palakkad, Thrissur and Ernakulam. The samples were subjected to indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for the detection of IgG antibodies of Toxoplasma gondii. Factors predisposing to the prevalence of infection such as age, grazing behaviour and stage of gestation were also taken into account during the study. Out of 72 serum samples examined, 31(43 per cent) were negative, 13 (18 per cent) were weakly positive and 28 (38.88 per cent) were highly positive. A higher prevalence was noticed in goats above four years of age, in those with regular grazing behaviour and in those that had aborted in the second stage of gestation. District-wise prevalence revealed relatively higher prevalence in Ernakulam district (62.5 per cent) compared to Thrissur (56.09 per cent) and Palakkad (53.33 per cent), even though the difference was not statistically significant.

Keywords:Toxoplasma gondii, Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Goat, Kerala