Table 19.
Seroprevalence of T. gondii antibodies in chickens from Egypt
| Governorate | Source of sera | No. tested | No. positive (%) | Test | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | NS | 30 | 15 (50.0) | DT (1:8) | Rifaat et al. (1969) |
| Kalubiya | C Laying hensa | 600 | 320 (53.3), 200 (33.3) | CFT (1:8), IHA5 | Hassanain et al. (1997) |
| Giza | M | 108 | 51 (47.4) | MAT (1:25) | El-Massry et al. (2000) |
| Menoufiya, Beheira | FR | 121 | 49 (40.4) | MAT (1:5) | Dubey et al. (2003) |
| Assiut | C | 90 | 10 (11.1) | MAT (1:50) | Deyab and Hassanein (2005) |
| H | 60 | 18 (30.0) | |||
| Kafr ElSheikh | FR | 84 | 32 (38.1) | IHA1 | Harfoush and Tahoon (2010) |
| Different | FR | 108 | 75 (69.5) | ELISA16 | Barakat et al. (2012) |
| C | 331 | 227 (68.5) | |||
| Beni Suef | FR | 90 | 18 (20.0) | IHAb | Aboelhadid et al. (2013) |
| SH | 125 | 12 (9.6) | |||
| Delta region | FR | 97 | 16 (16.4) | ELISA14 | Ibrahim et al. (2016) |
| SH | 207 | 18 (8.6) | |||
| Cairo, Giza, kalubiya | FR | 88 | 33 (37.5) | ELISA17 | El Fadaly et al. (2017) |
FR, free range chickens; H, house-bred chickens; M, market chickens; C, commercially farmed chickens; SH, slaughterhouse.
a
Six hundred laying hens from three flocks (each of 12000 birds) suffered from drop in eggs production and high percent of embryonic mortalities.
b
This test is wrongly identified in the report as MAT.