Bibliographic citations
Poma, E., (2003). Seroprevalencia de toxoplasma gondii en alpacas (Lama pacos) de la Unidad de Producción de Cochas de la SAIS Tupac Amaru [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/755
Poma, E., Seroprevalencia de toxoplasma gondii en alpacas (Lama pacos) de la Unidad de Producción de Cochas de la SAIS Tupac Amaru [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2003. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/755
@misc{renati/484060,
title = "Seroprevalencia de toxoplasma gondii en alpacas (Lama pacos) de la Unidad de Producción de Cochas de la SAIS Tupac Amaru",
author = "Poma de la Cruz, Edwin Cléver",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2003"
}
--- Toxoplasma gondii, causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an important parasite in animal health because it is one of the major parasitic infections that produce reproductive problems, and also it is an important zoonosis worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in alpacas from the Unit of Production of Cochas of the SAIS Tupac Amaru, located in the district of Canchayllo, Province of Jauja, Departament of Junin, Perú. To this end, sera from 200 alpacas among females and male were gathered in the month of December of 2000, for the detection of antibodies by using the method of Indirect Hemaglutination (IHA). 21 5.64 % (42/200) of the samples showed antibodies, with titles ranging from 1/16 up to 1/1024. The seroprevalence found in males was 26.47 (10.47% (18/64), and it was greater than in females, 18.18 6.57 % (24/132), and for age groups, from the birth until 1 year old, more than 1 up to 2 years old and more than 3 years old; the seroprevalence found was 33.33 16.08%, 15.38 9.8, 20 7.31 respectively. The analysis by using The Logistic regression found that the genus did not represent a risk factor. The age did represent a risk factor, being younger alpacas (8 to 12 months) more susceptible than other age groups. These results are coherent with other studies obtained in different parts of world, however, it is observed that there are differences with recent studies obtained in Peru; this, this could be due to environmental factors, frequency of the definitive host. Prevalence found in the present study was moderate, should be done further studies to determine the real importance of T. gondii in the occurrence of abortion in alpacas.
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