Toxoplasma gondii control – an ongoing challenge

I was a bit shocked by a recent study that looked at Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in pigs. In many countries one out of six pigs carry the zoonotic parasite with them. In some Eastern European countries, the disease is even found in 25% of the pigs! By Emmy Koeleman Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease and was first reported in pigs in 1951 on a farm in Ohio, USA. The etiologic agent is a protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii is microscopic, measuring 1/200th of a millimetre in length. Th