Farmed wild boars exposed to Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp.

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• 作者：Pikka Jokelainen^a ; ^{pikka.jokelainen@helsinki.fi} ; Anu Nä ; reaho^a ; Outi Hä ; lli^b ; Mari Heinonen^b ; Antti Sukura^a
• 关键词：Toxoplasma gondii ; Trichinella spp. ; Zoonosis ; Serology ; Sus scrofa L. ; Wild boar ; Farmed game
• 刊名：Veterinary Parasitology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：107_03044017
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：8 June, 2012
• 卷：187
• 期：1-2
• 页码：323-327
• 文件大小：310 K

摘要

The meat of wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) can be a source of human infections with zoonotic parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp. We screened 197 wild boar sera collected at slaughter from 25 Finnish farms in 2007-2008 for serological evidence of infections with these parasites. Using a commercial direct agglutination test at a serum dilution of 1:40, T. gondii-specific IgG antibodies were detected in 65 (33.0%) samples, on 14 (56.0%) farms. Females, animals older than 24 months, animals of small herds, and animals originating from south-western parts of Finland were more often T. gondii-seropositive than were males, younger animals, animals of larger herds, and animals originating from the north and east, respectively. Four (2.0%) of the sera, originating from three (12.0%) farms, tested Trichinella-seropositive with an in-house ELISA and a conservative cut-off for seropositivity. One farm had both T. gondii- and Trichinella-seropositive animals. Taken together, an infection source had been present on 16 (64.0%) farms, and 69 (35.0%) of the 197 farmed wild boars intended for human consumption had specific serological evidence of exposure to a zoonotic parasite.