A Collective Outbreak of Porcine Toxoplasmosis Due to Soil Contaminated with Feline Excreta

Abstract

A disease broke out collectively on a hog farm rearing 110 swine and wild boars. It was diagnosed as toxoplasmosis. Many animals were treated successfully with an anti-toxoplasmotic agent, 13 died, and 5 were condemned. As a source of infection was suspected soil contaminated with feline excreta containing Toxoplasma oocysts and fed since 7 days before the onset of disease. When the same soil was given experimentally to 2 pigs, toxoplasmosis occurred to these pigs and the causative protozoa were isolated from organs all over the body of these pigs.