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1 October 1975 Toxoplasma gondii ANTIBODIES IN FREE-LIVING AFRICAN MAMMALS
H. P. RIEMANN, M. J. BURRIDGE, D. E. BEHYMER, C. E. Franti
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Abstract

Twelve species of free-living African mammals from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia were tested for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii using the indirect hemagglutination test. Of 157 animals sampled, 20 (13%) were seropositive. T. gondii antibodies were detected in Burchell's zebra, (Equus burchelli), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), African elephant (Loxodonta africana), defassa waterbuck (Kobus defassa), lion (Panthera leo), and rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). The highest titers were found in elephants, two having titers of 1:4096 and one of 1:8192. These results are discussed in relation to the maintenance of T. gondii among African wildlife.

RIEMANN, BURRIDGE, BEHYMER, and FRANTI: Toxoplasma gondii ANTIBODIES IN FREE-LIVING AFRICAN MAMMALS
H. P. RIEMANN, M. J. BURRIDGE, D. E. BEHYMER, and C. E. Franti "Toxoplasma gondii ANTIBODIES IN FREE-LIVING AFRICAN MAMMALS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 11(4), 529-533, (1 October 1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.4.529
Received: 31 March 1975; Published: 1 October 1975
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