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. 2019 Oct 23;147(2):135–159. doi: 10.1017/S0031182019001367

Table 13.

Seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in goats from Egypt

Governorate Source of sera No. tested No. positive (%) Test Reference
Different Abattoir, farms 234 111 (47.4) IFA5 Maronpot and Botros (1972)
Assiut Abattoir, veterinary hospital 98 53 (54.1) DT (1:4) Fahmy et al. (1979b)
Sharkia Abattoir 14 4 (28.6) IHA5 El-Ridi et al. (1990)
Gharbia Abattoir 78 38 (48.7) IHA5 Ibrahim et al. (1997)
Giza Small farms 306 182 (59.4), 170 (55.4) IHA, ELISA Barakat et al. (2009)
Sharkia Abattoir 50 8 (16.0) IHA1 Awadallah (2010)
Fayoum NS 24 10 (41.7), 5 (20.8) ELISA16, DT Ghoneim et al. (2010)
Giza Abattoir 230 102 (44.3) MAT (1:25) Shaapan et al. (2010)
Cairo, Beni-Suef, Sharkia Herds 182 77 (42.3) IHA3 Abdel-Rahman et al. (2012)
Minia Abattoir 100 64 (64.0) IHA1 Abdel-Hafeez et al. (2015)
Dakahlia NS 81 40 (49.4), 52 (64.2), 41 (50.6) LAT3, IHA1, ELISA16 Younis et al. (2015)
Qena Individual, small farms 27 10 (37.0), 13 (48.2) LAT1, ELISA15 Fereig et al. (2016)
Kafr ElSheikh 30 30 (66.7), 30 (66.7)
Menoufiya 37 33 (8.1), 37 (10.8)
Assiut Rural areas 57 27 (47.4), 50 (87.7) LAT2, ELISA2 Kuraa and Malek (2016)
Cairo, Giza, Kalubiya NS 293 127 (43.3) ELISA17 El Fadaly et al. (2017)
Cairo Does from small farms 32 10 (31.2), 9 (28.1) OTRT, ELISA12 Abd El-Razik et al. (2018)
Giza 22 9 (40.1), 8 (36.3)
Skarkia 41 24 (56.1), 22 (53.6)
Cairo Abattoir 51 28 (53.0), 22 (43.1)
Dakahlia Abattoir 100 59 (59.0), 54 (54.0) ELISA13, IFA2 Al-Kappany et al. (2018)
Ismailia Abattoir 100 32 (32.0), 31 (31.0) ELISA, MAT El-Gawady et al. (2018)