التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Oesophageal sarcocystosis observed at slaughter provides a reliable and efficient proximate measure of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in sheep. |
| المؤلفون: |
Taggart, PL, McAllister, MM, Rutley, D, Caraguel, CGB |
| المصدر: |
Australian Veterinary Journal; Jul2020, Vol. 98 Issue 7, p305-311, 7p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SEROPREVALENCE, TOXOPLASMA gondii, SHEEP industry, SHEEP diseases, SHEEP, TOXOPLASMA, SHEEP farming |
| مستخلص: |
Objective: Successful disease management requires effective surveillance. Slaughterhouse inspections provide opportunities to efficiently collect regular disease data from many animals across large areas. Toxoplasma is a cat‐borne parasite that causes reproduction failure in sheep, although it is not visually detectable at slaughterhouses. Macroscopic sarcocystosis is a disease of sheep that is visually detectable at slaughter and is caused by parasites that share a similar biology with Toxoplasma. We investigated if sarcocystosis could act as a proximate measure for Toxoplasma exposure in sheep to facilitate its efficient surveillance at large scales. Design/methods: We compared the presence of macroscopic sarcocystosis to Toxoplasma serostatus at the animal and farm levels. Results: At the animal level, we found a weak association between Toxoplasma seropositivity and sarcocysts in the oesophagus (OR = 1.76 [95% CI: 1.17, 2.65; McFadden'sR2 = 0.01]) but no association between Toxoplasma seropositivity and sarcocysts in skeletal muscles. At the farm level, the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma was strongly associated with oesophageal sarcocystosis prevalence (OR = 28.59 [95% CI: 13.07, 62.57; McFadden'sR2 = 0.34]) but less strongly associated with sarcocystosis prevalence in skeletal muscles (OR = 7.91 [95% CI: 1.24, 50.39; McFadden'sR2 = 0.02]). Conclusions: For Toxoplasma surveillance in sheep at the farm level, routine slaughter inspection and recording of macroscopic oesophageal sarcocystosis could be are liable and efficient proximate measure. The monitoring of oesophageal sarcocystosis may be a useful passive Toxoplasma surveillance tool for guiding the timing and location of other Toxoplasma detection methods to facilitate the management of Toxoplasma impacts within the sheep industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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