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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages 229-231Publisher
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.19-0536
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Amami-Oshima Island; small Indian mongoose; Toxoplasm gondii
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Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasm gondii was studied using the latex agglutination (LA) method, followed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation (SDGC) method on the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), which inhabits Amami-Oshima Island. Of the 362 samples, 38 (10.5%) revealed positive. Single or double peaks in the 7-8 and/or 12-14 fraction to LA titer by SDGC indicated the early stage of T. gondii infection. It is suggested that domestic/feral cats play an important role for spreading this zoonotic pathogen to the mongoose as well as other species that are endemic to this island. Future studies are warranted to prevent the transmission of T. gondii among cats and wild animals in order to maintain the ecosystem health.
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