Toxotest (Toxoplasma gondii) Test Kit

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IDEXX Toxotest Ab Test

Toxoplasmosis/Toxoplasma gondi

The IDEXX Toxotest Ab Test is an enzyme immunoassay for the detection of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in serum and plasma samples of small ruminants. The IDEXX Toxotest Ab Test includes chemical reagents (wash, substrate, stop solutions) that can also be used with IDEXX kits that test for other abortive diseases (B. abortus, neosporosis, Q fever, Chlamydia).

* Availability / Distribution: Outside the U.S.

Test details

Features

Serum and plasma samples of ruminants
Results within 2.5 hours
Adapted to automation
Common incubation times
Ready-to-use conjugate (caprine, ovine)

Part numbers and sizes

TXT1135T (2 plates/strips)

About Toxoplasmosis/Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma gondii is an intestinal coccidium that parasitizes members of the cat family as definitive hosts and has a wide range of intermediate hosts. In most cases, infection is asymptomatic, but devastating disease can occur. Cats—definitive hosts—are infected by eating rodents—intermediate hosts.

Oocysts are spread in the feces. If the oocysts are ingested by intermediate host mammals, such as rodents, they develop in the digestive tract. It is here that they are engulfed by macrophages. Within the macrophage, tachyzoites develop and travel to various parts of the body (liver, brain, heart, spleen) via the bloodstream.

The intermediate host may be eaten by a predator, such as a cat. In addition to public health problems, this zoonosis is a frequent cause of abortions in sheep and goat herds.