Serosurvillance on Toxoplasmosis in Camels (Camelusdromedarius) at Al-Najaf Province

Abstract

The current study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in camels resident in Al-Najaf province in Iraq . Serum samples were collected from 360 camels, 219(60.83%) of samples represents males and 141(39.16%) were collected from females. Latex Agglutination Test(LAT) was applied to screen all serum samples for Toxoplasmosis while ELISA  was also used to confirm the positive result obtained by LAT Using LAT, out of 360 serum  samples 91 (25.2% ) were positive to Toxoplasmagondii. Percentage of  positive cases was more in females (30.4 %) than it is in males (21.9 %); the percent of seropositivity increased by increasing animals age. The  ELISA test showed that 15 (16.4 %)  samples were positive for toxoplasmosis, the males were  7 (14.5 %)which was lower than the percentage in females 8 (18.6 %). Also the percentage of positivity increased with increasing  animals age.