Serological study of prevalence toxoplasmosis in different animals in Basra Province, Iraq

The current study is designed to identify Toxoplasma gondii at animals in Basra province - Iraq, (109) blood samples in all were collected from cows, sheep, goats and cats in urban domestic and Al-zubair abattoir (sheep n=42, goats n=19, cows n=24, and cats n=24) at Basra province were tested using a serological test to the identification of anti-Toxoplasmosis antibodies in animals during beginning of October 2022 until the end of April 2023, this research demonstrated that the overall infection rate was (19%), the highest rate observed in cats (33%), followed by sheep and goats (21%), the findings of the present investigation demonstrated that T. gondii IgG is present in each specimen that is infected.