Prevalência de anticorpo IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii de ovino abatidos em abatedouro sob inspeção federal no Estado da Bahia

Abstract

The Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite of world wide distribution. In several countries this parasite causes reproductive disorder in sheep and consequently economic impact in the sheep industry. More over it is a cosmopolitan zoonosis that causes serious damage to public health since it affects pregnant women and immunosuppressed patients. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence in sheep slaughtered in a slaughterhouse under Federal Inspection in the State of Bahia and list the risk factors to the occurrence of the disease. serum samples from 227 sheep that were collected were used in a slaughter house refrigerator under Federal Inspection and subjected to hemagglutination reaction Indirect (HAI) securities ranged from 1:32 to 1: 4096. Getting a seropositivity of 40.53% (92/227). There was a higher frequency in the titration 1:32 (33.34%) and 1:64 (35.9%). There was no positive correlation between the variables studied and found seropositivity. However, according to the findings of this study there was a high seroprevalence of anti T. gondii IgG antibodies in sheep slaughtered in a slaughterhouse under Federal Inspection for human consumption.