Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection in cows and goats of district Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Toxoplasma gondii is a globally distributed protozoan parasite. This study was performed to find out the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Cows and Goats in District Charsadda. A total of 288 samples 139 from Cows and 149 from Goats were xi collected and examined by latex agglutination test. Out of 139 cow 77(55.39%) were detected seropositive for Toxoplasmosis and out of 149 Goats 62(41.61%) were found seropositive. In Cow, a high seroprevalence rate of (80.00%) was obtained in age group of above 03 to 4 years while in Goats; the highest seroprevalence rate of (57.14%) was detected in age groupTwo to three year. In Cow the seroprevalence rate was higher in female (61.95% as compared to male (42.55%) In Goats the seroprevalence rate was higher in female (47.31%) as compared to male (32.14%). The present study shows that the prevalence in Cow and Goats is higher in District Charsadda, which is a risk factor for human infection. Therefore, proper control measure should be taken to avoid infection of Toxoplasmosis.

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