Serologic Survey of Toxoplasma gondii in Black Bears (Ursus americanus) from Eastern Tennessee, USA

Sawsan Ammar; Jessica Braunstein; Chunlei Su; Ryan H. Williamson; Richard Gerhold

doi:10.7589/2019-06-156

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Sawsan Ammar,^1,2 Jessica Braunstein,³ Chunlei Su,⁴ Ryan H. Williamson,⁵ Richard Gerhold^1,*

¹Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
²Clinical Pathology Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sadat City University, Sadat City, Menofia 32511, Egypt
³Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
⁴Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 514 Ken and Blaire Mossman Building, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
⁵Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37976, USA

^*Corresponding author (email: rgerhold@utk.edu)

Abstract

The modified agglutination test was used to study Toxoplasma gondii exposure in 70 eastern Tennessee, US, black bears (Ursus americanus) from 2015 to 2017. Overall, 74% (52/70) of bears were seropositive, and T. gondii was more prevalent in adults than subadults.

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Sawsan Ammar, Jessica Braunstein, Chunlei Su, Ryan H. Williamson, and Richard Gerhold "Serologic Survey of Toxoplasma gondii in Black Bears (Ursus americanus) from Eastern Tennessee, USA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56(3), 721-723, (2 July 2020). https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-06-156

Received: 14 June 2019; Accepted: 16 December 2019; Published: 2 July 2020

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