The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging chickens is a good indicator of the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. The prevalence of T. gondii in 98 free-range chickens (Gallus domesticus) from Nicragua was determined. Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT), and found in 84 (85.7%) of 98 chickens with...

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoon parasite of all the warm blooded animals including birds and humans. It completes a sexual part of its life cycle in the intestinal epithelial cell of the Felidae (definitive host) and an asexual part in warm blooded (intermediate host). Human is an accidental host who contracts infection through handling cat litter and gardening, ingesti...