Toxoplasma gondii Infections in Farm Animals
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2021) | Viewed by 3059
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of the parasitic infection toxoplasmosis. T. gondii is able to infect animals and humans and infections with the parasite are reported worldwide. Cats are the definitive host of T. gondii. Cats become infected by feeding on infected tissues of intermediate hosts (e.g. rodents and birds). This results in an enteroepithelial sexual cycle that leads to the shedding of millions of oocysts into the environment. Farm animals, like pigs, cattle, sheep and poultry can become infected by oral uptake of oocysts from the environment and develop the tissue cyst stage in striated muscles and other organs. Transmission of T. gondii to humans can takes place through the consumption of tissue cysts in raw or undercooked meat from infected animals.
Since farm animals represent a direct source of infection for humans, it is important to control T. gondii infections in livestock. Papers with results of research in this area are welcome in this Special Issue of Microorganisms. Topics covered will include but not be limited to the (1) epidemiology of T. gondii infections in the most important livestock species, (2) identification of potential risk factors for T. gondii infections in livestock, (3) implementation of biosecurity measures on farms to prevent T. gondii infections, (4) costs of T. gondii infections related to farm animals and (5) acceptance of interventions to control T. gondii infections by farmers.
Dr. Henk Wisselink
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Public health
- Zoonosis
- Diagnosis
- Control of the disease
- Livestock
- Prevalence
- Costs
- Biosecurity
