Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in wild boars (Sus scrofa) hunted in Ukraine
Journal: International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife
Year: 2023

<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> is an important zoonotic parasite worldwide, but it has received limited attention in Ukraine. A seroepidemiological study was conducted and samples from 452 wild boars that had been hunted in 2006-2011 in 23 of the 25 regions of Ukraine were tested to estimate <i>T</i>. <i>gondii</i> seroprevalence. A locally available commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for the investigation. Additionally, we tested 92 of the sera using a widely used commercia