A Pork Industry in the Backyard: An Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Serbia’s Pigs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Collection and Extraction of Data and Raw Data Processing
2.2. Genotyping of T. gondii Strains by MnPCR-RFLP
2.3. Detection of T. gondii-Specific IgG Antibodies by Modified Agglutination Test (MAT)
3. Results
3.1. Pig and Pork Production
3.2. Basic Economics of Pork Production
3.3. T. gondii Infection in Pigs in Serbia (2003–2019)
3.4. Toxoplasmosis in Owned Domestic Cats
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | Sows | Piglets (<15 kg) | Piglets (16–25 kg) | Fattened Pigs (80–120 kg) | Fattened Pigs (>120 kg) | Price of Corn in Serbia | Trade Market Price of Corn | Cost of Corn/kg of Pork | Pork Retail |
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2006 | 1.18 1 | 2.13 1 | 1.89 2; 1.99 1 | 1.42 1 | 1.26 1 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.68 3,4 | 5.24 |
2011 | 1.35 1; 1.48 2 | 2.03 2; 2.16 1 | 2.03 2; 2.16 1 | 1.74 1; 1.76 2 | 1.48 2; 1.62 1 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 1.00 3 1.22 4 | 5.78 |
2016 | 0.94 1; 0.91 2 | 1.77 1; 1.6 2 | 1.6 1,2 | 1.20 1; 1.21 2 | 1.06 1,2 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.86 3 0.66 4 | 3.84 |
2021 | 1.2 1,2 | 2.24 2; 2.39 1 | 2.29 1,2 | 1.49 1,2 | 1.4 1; 1.32 2 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 1.32 3 1.02 4 | 5.29 |
Number of Pigs | Sample Origin (Year of Sampling) | Seroprevalence (%) | Adjusted OR | Genotype | Reference |
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605 | Farms; abattoirs (2003) | 28.9 (15.2 2) | Sows vs. MW: 3.87 Fattened vs. FTF: 3.96 | - 4 | [44] |
488 | Abattoirs 1 (2010) | 9.2 (8.3 2) | Sows vs. MW: 4.71 Fattened vs. FTF: 3.95 | - | [2] |
182 | Abattoirs (2015) | 17 2 | - | ToxoDB#1 ToxoDB#2 | [45,46] |
825 | Abattoirs (2019) | 16.5 (15.1 2) | Sows vs. MW: 14.25 Fattened vs. FTF: 4.51 | ToxoDB#1 | [6]; This study |
18 | Private slaughterhouse (2015) | 66.7 3 | - | ToxoDB#1 | [46,47] |
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Uzelac, A.; Betić, N.; Karabasil, N.; Ćirković, V.; Djurković-Djaković, O.; Klun, I. A Pork Industry in the Backyard: An Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Serbia’s Pigs. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1857. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071857
Uzelac A, Betić N, Karabasil N, Ćirković V, Djurković-Djaković O, Klun I. A Pork Industry in the Backyard: An Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Serbia’s Pigs. Microorganisms. 2023; 11(7):1857. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071857
Chicago/Turabian StyleUzelac, Aleksandra, Nikola Betić, Nedjeljko Karabasil, Vladimir Ćirković, Olgica Djurković-Djaković, and Ivana Klun. 2023. "A Pork Industry in the Backyard: An Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Serbia’s Pigs" Microorganisms 11, no. 7: 1857. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071857
APA StyleUzelac, A., Betić, N., Karabasil, N., Ćirković, V., Djurković-Djaković, O., & Klun, I. (2023). A Pork Industry in the Backyard: An Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Serbia’s Pigs. Microorganisms, 11(7), 1857. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071857