[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE AND HEMATOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII INFECTED CAPTIVE PHEASANT SPECIES OF BAHAWALPUR ZOO, PAKISTAN",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Lashari",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Bibi",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Farooq",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Afzal",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ali",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Akhtar",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ayaz",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Khan",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2020]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "31",
  "issue": "2",
  "page": "625-629",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2021.2.0251",
  "abstract": "<p>The purpose of this study was to identify the seroprevalence of&nbsp;<em>Toxoplasma gondii</em>&nbsp;(<em>T. gondii</em>) and hematological alterations in captive pheasant species of Bahawalpur Zoo, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The blood samples of 100 birds belonging to three different species&nbsp;<em>viz</em>. ring-necked pheasant (<em>Phasianus colchicus</em>) (n=46), green pheasant (<em>Phasianus versicolor</em>) (n=40), and silver pheasant (<em>Lophura nycthemera</em>) (n=14) were analyzed through Latex Agglutination Test (LAT) and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Seroprevalance through LAT in ring-necked, silver and green pheasants was 10.86%, 7.14% and 7.5%, and through ELISA was 32.60%, 22.5% and 14.28%, respectively. Adults and males had higher prevalence as compared to their counterparts, though, statistically nn-significant (P&ge;0.05). In all the studied species, hematological results revealed that mean values of Hb and TEC were higher (P&le;0.05) in non-infected birds as compared to infected ones. This is a preliminary study of a kind and needs further research with large number of sample and population across the country.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=VS-19-0091"
}]