From: Hunting dogs as sentinel animals for monitoring infections with Trichinella spp. in wildlife
Animal origin | Trichinella spp. | Toxocara canis | |
---|---|---|---|
ELISA positive/tested (%) | Western blot positive/ELISA positive (%) | ELISA positive/tested (%) | |
Assay validation study | |||
Trichinella spp. positive controls | |||
Stray dogsa | 8/8a | 8/8 | 8/8 |
Farm dogsb | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 |
Laboratory silver foxesc | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 |
Trichinella spp. negative controls | |||
Laboratory dogsd | 16/523 (3) | 0/16 | 140/523 (26.7) |
Helminth (≠ Trichinella) -infected dogse | 10/75 (13.3) | 0/10 | 72/75 (96.0) |
Total | 47/619 (7.6) | 21/47 (44.7) | 233/619 (37.6) |
Field study | |||
Hunting dogsf | 189/384 (49.2) | 56/189 (29.6) | 372/384 (96.8) |