Aspects of Toxoplasma Infection on the Reproductive System of Experimentally Infected Rams (Ovis Aries)
Table 3
Investigation of T. gondii in seminal samples of noninoculated (control) and T. gondii oocyst-inoculated or tachyzoite-inoculated animals.
Ovine
Inoculate
Postinoculation day
3
5
7
11
14
21
28
35
42
49
56
63
70
Total
43
Control
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
44
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Tachyzoites
—
—
Positiv
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
NR
—
—
Positiv
2
48
—
—
—
—
—
Positiv
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
52
—
—
—
—
Positiv
—
Positive
—
—
—
Positiv
Positiv
—
—
4
Total
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
7
2
Oocysts
—
—
—
—
—
Positiv
—
—
—
Positive
—
—
Positive
—
3
9
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Positiv
—
—
Positiv
Positive
—
3
16
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Positiv
—
—
—
1
Total
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
7
Positive = IIF for T. gondii (1 : 64) and presence of brain cysts in inoculated mice. = presence of brain cysts in inoculated mice and by PCR technique. — = Negative serology (mice). NR = Not realized (insufficient seminal sample).