Table 14.

Parameters related to intermediate hosts (rodents) and their control on farms as putative risk factors for T. gondii seropositivity in livestock.

Factor	Species	Statistically significant	Not statistically significant
Presence of rodents (mice, rats)	Pigs	–	87
	Cattle	78	–
	Sheep	15	–
Access of rodents to feed	Cattle	59	–
	Sheep	70	–
No rodent control measures	Pigs	9, 34, 43, 52, 86	51
	Sheep	77	–
Cats and dogs as a measure of rodent control/cats used for rodent control	Pigs	39, 44	–
	Chickens	93	–
Problems with mice and rats	Goats	–	24

Coding of references: 9 = Assadi-Rad et al. (1995), 15 = Cosendey-KezenLeite et al. (2014), 24 = Deng et al. (2016), 34 = Garcia-Bocanegra et al., 2010a, Garcia-Bocanegra et al., 2010b, 39 = Goerlich (2011), 43 = Herrero et al. (2016), 44 = Hill et al. (2010), 51 = Kijlstra et al. (2004), 52 = Kijlstra et al. (2008), 59 = Magalhaes et al. (2016), 70 = Romanelli et al. (2007), 75 = Schulzig and Fehlhaber (2005), 77 = Skjerve et al. (1998), 78 = Sun et al. (2015), 86 = Villari et al. (2009), 87 = Weigel et al. (1995), 93 = Schares et al. (2017a).