Latex agglutination test based prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in native Korean cattle

Song, Eun-Sik; Jung, Sang-Il; Park, Bae-Keun; You, Myung-Jo; Kim, Duck-Hwan; Song, Kun-Ho

doi:2011.51.1.59

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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2011;51(1):59-61.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14405/kjvr.2011.51.1.059 Published online March 1, 2011.

Latex agglutination test based prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in native Korean cattle

Eun-Sik Song¹, Sang-Il Jung¹, Bae-Keun Park², Myung-Jo You³, Duck-Hwan Kim¹, Kun-Ho Song¹

¹Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University
²Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University
³Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biosafety Research Center, Chonbuk National University

Abstract

The prevalence of Toxoplasma (T.) gondii was surveyed using a latex agglutination test (LAT) in native Korean cattle. A blood sample was collected from female 105 cattle in the Daejeon area of Korea. All cattle were asymptomatic and had not received any prophylactic treatment for T. gondii. Blood samples were collected via the caudal vein. The cattle ranged in age from 2~6 years (mean 3.7 years). LAT detected antibody to T. gondii in four of 105 (3.8%) cattle. However, the hazard analysis and critical control point protocol has been applied to cattle farms and beef traceability has been strengthen.

Key Words: LAT, native Korean cattle, prevalence, Toxoplasma gondii