Effect of raising types and environmental conditions on the infection of Toxoplasma in the swine, the cat and the man were studied in Cheju Island from Sept. 1987 to Aug. 1988.
Blood samples were taken from 214 conventionally raised swine in 6 villages and 506 swine raised in swine specialized farms, 122 cats raised under free moving or restraned conditions in 8 locations, 113 butchers, and 210 villagers. Toxoplasma antibody values of the blood sera were determined using the enzymelinked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). The eating type of viscera was also investigated by using questionaires,
1. When ELISA method was used, the percentage of Toxoplasma infected swine among the conventionally raised and of those raised in swine specialized farms were 60.7% and 21.3%, respectively. The respective mean of antibody values (±SD) were 0.589 (±0.310) and 0.385 (±0.237) and differed very significantly (p<0.01). A significant difference was also found in antibody values among 6 villages (p<0.05).
2. The mean infection percentage of toxoplasma in the cat was 38.2%. the infection percentage for cats raised under free-moving and restrained condition were 37.0% and 38.2% respectively. The respective antibody values(±SD) for toxoplasma were 0.600(±0.614) and 0.637 (0.645), and did not difference significantly.
3. The infection percentage of toxoplasma in villagers and butchers were 26.2 and 38.3% respectively. The respective antibody values(SD) for toxoplasma were 0.429(±0.195) and 0.341(±0.236), and differed very significantly (p<0.01). There were also highly significant differences Pyo-sun and other village (p<0.01).
4. Analysis of the questionaires showed that 26.0% of 392 villages sated liver and some villagers sated other viscera.
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