Table 15.
Seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in cattle from Egypt
| Governorate | Source of sera | No. tested | No. positive (%) | Test | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Said | NS | 35 | None | Skin test | Rifaat et al. (1968) |
| Different | Abattoir, farms | 207 | 52 (25.1) | IFA5 | Maronpot and Botros (1972) |
| Beheira | Abattoir | 15 | 7 (46.6) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1977b) |
| Dakahlia | 60 | 44 (30.1) | |||
| Sharkia | 8 | None | |||
| Fayoum | 132 | 28 (21.2) | |||
| Port Said | Abattoir | 16 | 5 (31.2) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1977c) |
| Ismailia | 16 | 4 (25.0) | |||
| Suez | 34 | 11 (32.2) | |||
| Kalubiya | Abattoir | 84 | 16 (19.0) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1978) |
| Gharbia | 171 | 37 (21.6) | |||
| Menoufiya | 68 | 24 (35.2) | |||
| Kafr ElSheikh | 50 | 22 (44.0) | |||
| Dameitta | Abattoir | 40 | 22 (55.0) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1979) |
| Alexandria | 65 | 14 (21.5) | |||
| Assiut | Abattoir, veterinary hospital | 106 | 50 (47.0) | DT (1:4) | Fahmy et al. (1979b) |
| Sharkia | Abattoir | 19 | 4 (21.4) | IHA5 | El-Ridi et al. (1990) |
| Gharbia | Abattoir | 39 | 18 (46.2) | IHA5 | Ibrahim et al. (1997) |
| Sharkia | Veterinary station | 93 | 10 (10.7) | ELISA14 | Ibrahim et al. (2009) |
| Sharkia | Abattoir | 50 | 6 (12.0) | IHA1 | Awadallah (2010) |
| NS | NS | 88 | 17 (19.3) | ELISA16 | Hassanain et al. (2013) |
| Minia | Abattoir | 100 | None | IHA1 | Abdel-Hafeez et al. (2015) |
| Qena | Individual, small farms | 225 | 66 (29.3), 55 (24.4) | LAT1, ELISA15 | Fereig et al. (2016) |
| Sohag | 76 | 22 (29.0), 16 (21.1) | |||
| Assiut | Rural areas | 56 | 18 (32.1), 41 (73.2) | LAT2, ELISA2 | Kuraa and Malek (2016) |
| Cairo, Giza, Kalubiya | NS | 45 | 16 (35.5) | ELISA17 | El Fadaly et al. (2017) |