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Waltner-Toews, D., Mondesire, R., & Menzies, P. (1991). The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Ontario sheep flocks. The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 32(12), 734-7.
Waltner-Toews, D, et al. "The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Ontario sheep flocks." The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne vol. 32,12 (1991): 734-7.
Waltner-Toews D, Mondesire R, Menzies P. The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Ontario sheep flocks. Can Vet J. 1991 Dec;32(12):734-7. PMID: 17423914; PMCID: PMC1481114.
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Can Vet J. 1991 Dec;32(12):734-7.

The seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Ontario sheep flocks.

The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne

D Waltner-Toews, R Mondesire, P Menzies

PMID: 17423914 PMCID: PMC1481114

Abstract

In a random sample of 103 sheep farms in Ontario, 99% of the farms had some sheep serologically positive for Toxoplasma gondii, based on an enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The percent of sheep affected within farms ranged from 3.8% to 97.8%, with an average flock prevalence of 57.6%. When farm management variables were considered in a multivariate analysis, significantly lower rates of serologically positive sheep were associated with neutering of female cats and clipping of ewes' perineums before lambing; significantly higher prevalence rates were found on farms where sheep were purchased from other flocks, pigs were raised on the same farm, sheep shared pasture with other animals, flowing water was available at pasture, and pastured replacements had access to housing. As well, in univariate analyses, higher prevalence was positively associated with an increasing number of cat litters born over the previous two years and offering creep feed or forage to lambs, and inversely with the amount of labor expended on sheep rearing.

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