Sharma, S.P.Baipoledi, E.K.Nyange, J.F.C.Tlagae, L.Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik2011-12-012011-12-0120112003Sharma, SP, Baipoledi, EK, Nyange, JFC & Tlagae, L 2003, 'Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from goats with a history of reproductive disorders and the prevalence of Toxoplasma and chlamydial antibodies', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 65-68.0030-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17676The articles have been scanned with a HP Scanjet 8300; 600dpi, saved in TIFF format. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydia psittaci was assessed in goats with a history of abortion, stillbirth and neonatal mortality. Antibodies were detected in 540 (30%) and 57 (3.2%) goats out of 1799 tested by indirect haemagglutination and complement fixation tests, respectively. Toxoplasma gondii was isolated for the first time in Botswana from 22 out of 81 sets (27.2%) of foetal tissues, maternal and foetal cotyledons and uterine tissues of goats which had previously aborted or given birth to stillborn or weak kids that died within two days of birth. These results implicate T. gondii and C. psittaci, but especially the former, to be associated with caprine reproductive problems and require appropriate control measures.en© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineAbortionChlamydia psittaciFoetal tissuesNeonatal mortalityPrevalenceToxoplasma gondiiVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaToxoplasma -- South AfricaToxoplasmosis in animalsArticle