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Serological survey on toxoplasmosis among slaughtered sheep and goats in Tabouk, Saudi Arabia. 2007

Magda M Sanad, and Areej J M Al-Ghabban

Department of Zoology, Girls' College of Education, P.O. Box 27104, Riyadh 11417, Saudi Arabia. sand_mm2000@yahoo.com

Sera from 397 sheep and 290 goats slaughtered at Tabouk Official Abattoir were examined for anti-Toxoplasma IgG by LAT, IHAT & IFAT. The results showed infection rates 23.4, 41.8 & 52.2% (P < 0.001) in sheep and 19.3, 40.7 & 51.7% (P < 0.001) in goats by the 3 tests respectively. Infection rates were higher in sheep than goats (P > 0.05), relatively nearby in local and imported sheep (P > 0.05), higher in imported goats than local ones (P > 0.05) and higher in female sheep and goats than males (p > 0.05). High titers were in goats than in sheep (P < 0.001). IFAT showed highest sensitivity (100% & 96.7%), specificity (97.1% & 96.1%) and highest diagnostic accuracy (98.5% & 96.9%) in sheep and goats respectively. The IHAT showed high diagnostic accuracy and high applicability. The interpretation of results and recommendations were presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006041	Goats	Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP.	Capra,Capras,Goat
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012529	Saudi Arabia	A country located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. The capital is Riyadh.	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
D012621	Seasons	Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Seasonal Variation,Season,Seasonal Variations,Variation, Seasonal,Variations, Seasonal
D012680	Sensitivity and Specificity	Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)	Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D012756	Sheep	Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.	Ovis,Sheep, Dall,Dall Sheep,Ovis dalli