Table 2.
Seroprevalence of T. gondii in southeastern wildlife species in USA
| Host | No. of samples | MAT titers | Seroprevalence (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 1:32 | 1:32–1:128 | 1:256–1:1024 | 1:2048–1:8192 | > 1:8192 | |||
| Mammals (n = 453, seropositive 195) | |||||||
| White-tailed deer | 241 | 142 | 59 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 41.0 |
| Feral hog | 100 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 51.0 |
| Raccoon | 34 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Coyote | 22 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 72.7 |
| Woodchuck | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Elk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Gray fox | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Mink | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Opossum | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Gray squirrel | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern cottontail | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black bear | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armadillo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern chipmunk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fox squirrel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Birds (n = 18, seropositive 1) | |||||||
| Blue jay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mourning dove | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American crow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American robin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belted kingfisher | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chickadee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chimney swift | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gray catbird | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hermit thrush | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| House sparrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oven bird | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pileated woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock pigeon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Tufted titmice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey vulture | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 471 | 275 | 111 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 41.6% (196/471) |