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Published in final edited form as: Int J Parasitol. 2000 Nov;30(12-13):1217–1258. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00124-7

Table 7.

Changes in seroprevalences of T. gondii infection in fattening pigs and sows between 1960 and 2000 in selected European countries now using intensive farm management

Country	Year of sampling^a	Seroprevalence (%)^b	Number of samples tested (n)	Method^c	Reference
Fattening pigs
Austria	< 1975	32	100	SFDT	[428]
	1982	12	2238	IFAT	[429]
	< 1990	4	2755	CFT	[430]
	1992	< 1	2300	IFAT	[429]
Germany	1962–64	12–97**	500	SFDT	[431]
	1974	9	1366	SFDT	[432]
	1980	16	834	IFAT, IHAT	[433]
	1993–95	< 1	60	ELISA	[434]
Netherlands	< 1969	54	50	SFDT	[435]
	< 1982	0	196	ELISA	[436]
	< 1991	2	23348	ELISA	[437]
	< 1995	< 2	994	ELISA	[122]
Sows
Austria	< 1990	3	1162	CFT	[430]
	1992	4	46	IFAT	[429]
Germany	< 1982	32	95	IFAT, IHAT	[433]
	1993–95	8	90	ELISA	[434]
	1997–99	18	. 2000	ELISA	[438]
Netherlands	< 1969	86	50	SFDT	[435]
	< 1982	11	36	ELISA	[436]
	< 1995	31	1009	ELISA	[122]

Years of sampling are listed as published in the references. In cases where this information was not available, the year listed here is the year when the study was published, as indicated by ‘<’.

Seroprevalences marked with ‘**’ varied with the cut-off titre used in the SFDT.

CFT, complement fixation test; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IFAT, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test; IHAT, indirect haemagglutination test; SFDT, Sabin–Feldman dye test.