Detection of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in horses in Mosul,Iraq

This udy was aimed to verify the resence of Toxo lasma gondii antibodies in equine sera in Mosul city,Iraq. Seventy nine sam les of sera were examined (70 female and 9 male) by latex agglutination te (LAT) and 2-Merca toethanol te (2-ME). Results showed that anti-bodies to T. gondii using LAT were detected in 72. 2% (71. 4% female and 77. 8% male) whereas 57% (57. 1% female and 55. 6% male) of infected horses were detected by 2-ME.