Prevalence of Food-Borne Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Chickens Sold in Tunis, Tunisia

نویسندگان
Boughattas, S. ID 1
Bouratbine, A. ID 2

1 Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea (Republic of)

2 Department of Parasitology, Pasteur Institute, Tunis, Tunisia

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چکیده

Background: Toxoplasma gondii, as an important food-borne protozoan parasite, occurs widely in humans and animals including domestic poultry throughout the world. The goal of this survey was to determine prevalence rate of T. gondii in free-ranging chickens sold in Tunis, Tunisia. Methods: In the present study, the prevalence of T. ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Chickens, Toxoplasma, Serology, Biological Assay, Polymerase Chain Reaction