Frequency in a slaughterhouse of seropositive pigs to Toxoplasma gondii from non-technical pig farms

Authors

  • Jhon Islachin H. Laboratorio de Microbiología y Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima
  • Francisco Suárez A. Laboratorio de Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima
  • Amanda Chávez V. Laboratorio de Microbiología y Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima
  • Eva Casas A. Laboratorio de Microbiología y Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v27i3.11991

Keywords:

pigs, non-technical, toxoplasmosis, IIFT, Lima

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of pigs in a slaughterhouse with antibodies anti-Toxoplasma gondii from non-technical pig farms in Lima, Peru, and to assess the sex as a risk factor. Blood samples (n=240) were collected in a slaughterhouse in Lima (120 samples per sex) and the sera were analyzed by indirect immunofluorescence test (IIFT). The frequency of pigs with antibodies anti-T. gondii was 26.3%, with a confidence interval of 95% from 20.7 to 31.8%. In the analysis by sex, 26.3% of females and 30.8% of males were reactors to T. gondii. In the odds ratio test, the possible association of sex as a risk factor showed a non-significant value of 1.61.

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Published

2016-10-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Artículos Primarios

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How to Cite

Islachin H., J., Suárez A., F., Chávez V., A., & Casas A., E. (2016). Frequency in a slaughterhouse of seropositive pigs to Toxoplasma gondii from non-technical pig farms. Revista De Investigaciones Veterinarias Del Perú, 27(3), 561-564. https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v27i3.11991