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ELISA-seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in draught horses in Greater Cairo, Egypt.
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Equine-assisted TherapyParasitic DiseaseT. GondiiParasitic ProtozoaAnimal ScienceZoonotic DiseaseVeterinary PathologyVeterinary SciencePathologyEducationVeterinary DiagnosticsVeterinary ResearchVeterinary EpidemiologyDraught HorsesGreater CairoMedicineToxoplasma GondiiParasitology
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the important zoonotic parasites of worldwide. In this paper the seroprevalence of T. gondii in draught horses (3-15 years) including 90 males and 10 females in the first half of the year 2009 was studied. The result showed that the overall ELISA-T. gondii antibodies were 25% of the horses in Greater Cairo, 50% (females) and 22.2% (males).