Seroprevalence of and risk factors for toxoplasma gondii in the US swine herd using sera collected during the national animal health monitoring survey (Swine 2006)

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-59

  Hill, D E ^a   Haley, C ^b   Wagner, B ^b   Gamble, H R ^c   Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Good production practices; Pigs; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 74049148739     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01275.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Assadi-Rad, A. M., J. C. New S. Patton, 1995 : Risk factors associated with transmission of Toxoplasma gondii to sows kept in different management systems in Tennessee. Vet. Parasitol. 57, 289 297.
2. Dimitri, C. C. Greene, 2002. Recent growth patterns in the U.S. organic foods market. Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB777) September, 1-42; http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib777/ (accessed 8 May 2009).
3. Dubey, J. P., K. D. Murrell, R. Fayer G. A. Schad, 1986 : Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in commercial cuts of pork. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 188, 1035 1037.
4. Dubey, J. P., R. M. Weigel, A. M. Siegel, P. Thulliez, U. D. Kitron, M. A. Mitchell, A. Mannelli, N. E. Mateus-Pinilla, S. K. Shen, O. C. H. Kwok K. S. Todd, 1995 : Sources and reservoirs of Toxoplasma gondii infection on 47 swine farms in Illinois. J. Parasitol. 81, 723 729.
5. Dubey, J. P., H. R. Gamble, D. E. Hill, C. Sreekumar, S. Romand P. Thuilliez, 2002 : High prevalence of viable Toxoplasma gondii infection in market weight pigs from a farm in Massachusetts. J. Parasitol. 88, 1234 1238.
6. Dubey, J. P., D. E. Hill, J. L. Jones, A. W. Hightower, E. Kirkland, J. M. Roberts, T. Lehmann, C. Sreekumar, M. C. B. Vianna, O. C. H. Kwok, S. K. Shen H. R. Gamble, 2005 : Prevalence of viable Toxoplasma gondii in beef, chicken, and pork from retail meat stores in the United States. J. Parasitol. 91, 1082 1093.
7. Gamble, H. R., R. C. Brady J. P. Dubey, 1999 : Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic pigs in the New England states. Vet. Parasitol. 82, 129 136.
8. Gamble, H. R., J. P. Dubey D. N. Lambillotte, 2005 : Comparison of a commercial ELISA with the modified agglutination test for detection of Toxoplasma infection in the domestic pig. Vet. Parasitol. 128, 177 181.
9. Hill, D. E., S. Chirukandoth, J. P. Dubey, J. K. Lunney H. R. Gamble, 2006 : Comparison of detection methods for Toxoplasma gondii in naturally and experimentally infected swine. Vet. Parasitol. 141, 9 17.
10. Honeyman, M. S., R. S. Pirog, G. H. Huber, P. J. Lammers J. R. Hermann, 2006 : The United States pork niche market phenomenon. J. Anim. Sci. 84, 2269 2275.
11. Jones, J. L., D. Kruszon-Moran, M. Wilson, G. McQuillan, T. Navin J. B. McAuley, 2001 : Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States: seroprevalence and risk factors. Am. J. Epidemiol. 154, 357 365.
12. Jones, J. L., D. Kruszon-Moran, K. Sanders-Lewis M. Wilson, 2007 : Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States, 1999-2004, decline from the prior decade. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 77, 405 410.
13. Lehmann, T., D. H. Graham, E. Dahl, C. Sreekumar, F. Launer, J. L. Corn, H. R. Gamble J. P. Dubey, 2003 : Transmission dynamics of Toxoplasma gondii on a pig farm. Infect Genet Evol. 3, 135 141.
14. Mead, P. S., L. Slutsker, V. Dietz, L. F. McCaig, J. S. Bresee, C. Shapiro, P. M. Griffin R. V. Tauxe, 1999. Food-related illness and death in the United States. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 5, Sept.-Oct. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm (accessed 8 May 2009).
15. Patton, S., J. Zimmerman, T. Roberts, C. Faulkner, V. Diderrich, A. Assadi-Rad, P. Davies J. Kliebenstein, 1996 : Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in hogs in the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS). J. Eucaryot. Microbiol. 43, 121S.
16. Patton, S., V. Diderrich, C. Faulkner, J. Zimmerman, R. McCord J. B. Kliebenstein, 1998. Toxoplasma gondii in swine operations in the United States: seroprevalence in sows and market-weight pigs in the NAHMS survey, 1995, and an assessment of management factors. National Pork Board Report (http://www.pork.org/PorkScience/Documents/ToxoplasmagondiiinSwine.pdf [accessed 8 May 2009]).
17. Patton, S., C. Faulkner, A. Anderson, K. Smedley E. Bush, 2002. Toxoplasma gondii infection in sows and market-weight pigs in the United States and its potential impact on consumer demand for pork. National Pork Board Report (http://www.pork.org/PorkScience/Documents/00-130%20-Patton-UofTenn.pdf [accessed 8 May 2009]).
18. Roghmann, M. C., C. T. Faulkner, A. Lefkowitz, S. Patton, J. Zimmerman J. G. Morris, 1999 : Decreased seroprevalence for Toxoplasma gondii in Seventh Day Adventists in Maryland. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60, 790 792.
19. Timm, R. M., R. E. Marsh, R. M. Corrigan K. Holscher, 1987. Controlling Rats and Mice in Swine Facilities. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. Available at: http://www.animalgenome.org/edu/PIH/107.html (accessed 8 May 2009).
20. Weigel, R. M., J. P. Dubey, A. M. Siegel, U. D. Kitron, A. Mannelli, M. A. Mitchell, N. E. Mateus-Pinilla, P. Thulliez, S. K. Shen, O. C. H. Kwok K. S. Todd, 1995 : Risk factors for transmission of Toxoplasma gondii on swine farms in Illinois. J. Parasitol. 81, 736.