EPIZOOTIC TOXOPLASMOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ABORTION IN DAIRY GOATS IN MONTANA

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 178  (7) , 661-670
Abstract
Perinatal toxoplasmosis was diagnosed in goats from 2 farms in Montana. Of 7 pregnant does from 1 farm, one aborted a dead fetus and 2 each had a kid infected in utero. Toxoplasma gondii was demonstrated histologically in the placenta of 2 of the infected does and by mouse inoculation in all 3 of them. The organism also was isolated from internal organs of 6 of 7 does, 4 of 4 cats and 3 of 11 chickens from the farm. A pregnant doe from the other farm delivered 3 kids infected with T. gondii. One kid was born dead, one was moribund when born and one was healthy when born. T. gondii was isolated from the placenta and several tissues of all 3 kids.