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초록

Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most important zoonotic parasites distributed
worldwide, with most warm-blooded animals including humans as intermediate hosts and
felidae as definitive hosts. This study was performed to survey the prevalence of T.
gondii infection in dogs and cats in Seoul. Blood samples were collected from stray
dogs(193), stray cats(288), household dogs(149), and household cats(35), and all samples
were examined by ELISA. Antibody prevalence of stray dogs, stray cats, household
dogs, and household cats were 6.7%, 8.0%, 3.4%, and 2.9%, respectively. The positive
rate in female dogs(6.1%) was slightly higher than that of male dogs(4.3%), and the
rate in female cats(8.2%) was slightly higher than that of male cats(6.9%). All positive
results of ELISA tests were negative in the PCR test. It has a history of infection, but
it is no longer the source of infection. Compared with previous studies in Korea, the
prevalence of T. gondii infection in cats was somewhat