Serological study of equine toxoplasmosis in southeast of Iran

Toxoplasmosis, is an important worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. This disease is transmitted mainly through the ingestion of tissue cysts in contaminated raw or undercooked meat, or through sporulated oocysts in food, soil and water. The objective of the present study was determination of anti-Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalencein the horses inKermanandYazdprovinces by latex agglutination test. Therefore, ۱۶۳ serum samples were collected from apparently healthy horses at race clubs in Kerman and Yazd provinces and evaluated by latex agglutination test. According to the results, antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were detected in ۷۱ sera (۴۳.۵۶ %) among ۱۶۳ samples.  So there are some sero-positive cases in horse population of Kerman and Yazd provinces.

Keywords:

Toxoplasma gondii , Latex agglutination test , horse , Iran