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Concentration and retention of Toxoplasma gondii surrogates from seawater by red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)

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Title
Concentration and retention of Toxoplasma gondii surrogates from seawater by red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)
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Parasitology, August 2016
DOI 10.1017/s0031182016001359
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KRISTEN C. SCHOTT, COLIN KRUSOR, M. TIM TINKER, JAMES MOORE, PATRICIA A. CONRAD, KAREN SHAPIRO

Abstract

Small marine snails and abalone have been identified as high- and low-risk prey items, respectively, for exposure of threatened southern sea otters to Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic parasite that can cause fatal encephalitis in animals and humans. While recent work has characterized snails as paratenic hosts for T. gondii, the ability of abalone to vector the parasite has not been evaluated. To further elucidate why abalone predation may be protective against T. gondii exposure, this study aimed to determine whether: (1) abalone are physiologically capable of acquiring T. gondii; and (2) abalone and snails differ in their ability to concentrate and retain the parasite. Abalone were exposed to T. gondii surrogate microspheres for 24 h, and fecal samples were examined for 2 weeks following exposure. Concentration of surrogates was 2-3 orders of magnitude greater in abalone feces than in the spiked seawater, and excretion of surrogates continued for 14 days post-exposure. These results indicate that, physiologically, abalone and snails can equally vector T. gondii as paratenic hosts. Reduced risk of T. gondii infection in abalone-specializing otters may therefore result from abalone's high nutritional value, which implies otters must consume fewer animals to meet their caloric needs.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 20%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 10%
Researcher 3 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 7 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 8 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 7%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 8 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 October 2016.
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#16,106,935
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#1,910
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#207,681
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#24
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