Feline Toxo IgM-IgG IC
Rapid test for the detection of antibodies IgM and IgG to Toxoplasma gondii.
Feline Toxo IgM-IgG IC is an immunochromatographic test for the detection of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgM and IgG antibodies in feline whole blood, serum or plasma.
IgG 98.2%
IgG 99%
Toxoplasmosis is supported by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite that infects all warm-blooded animals. Cats are the only definitive guests, i.e. oocyst eliminators.
The parasite has three infectious phases: the sporozoites in the oocysts, the tachyzoites (active multiplication phase) and the bradyzoites (slow multiplication phase) included in the tissue cysts.
Infection can be caused by congenital route, ingestion of infected tissues (rodents, birds) and contaminated water.
After ingestion, T. gondii in the cat, completes a neuroepithelial cycle in about 3-10 days, with the excretion of oocysts in the faeces. Cats eliminate oocysts in the faeces only for 1-2 weeks. Oocysts sporulate in 1-5 days and become infectious and extremely environment resistant.
The extraintestinal cycle occurs in all intermediate hosts, including the cat, with the ingestion of tissue cysts or oocysts and the formation of tachyzoites. These are disseminated through blood and lymphatic vessels, and infect the cells of almost all tissues.
Infected cells of immunocompetent hosts are isolated in tissue cysts containing bradyzoites, generally found in cardiac and skeletal muscles, where may remain dormant forever.
Toxoplasmosis in cats is generally asymptomatic or with transient diarrheal manifestations. The clinical forms are very rare in cats and extremely rare in dogs.
The acute clinical forms, in immunosuppressed subjects or in young animals with transplacental transmission, mainly affect the liver, lungs and central nervous system.
Systemic forms usually develop following the reactivation of a latent infection and manifest themselves with the prevalent tissue involvement of the lungs, central nervous system, liver and pancreas, heart and eyes
Clinical manifestations in dogs include predominantly systemic signs associated with respiratory, gastrointestinal or neuromuscular infections.
