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In this study, we assessed the prevalence of <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> in sheep and goats coming from central Iran. After completing the questionnaire, about one gram of liver or diaphragm tissue was taken as a sample from 90 sheep and 90 goats slaughtered in Yazd Province and stored at \u2013\u00a020\u00a0\u00baC. DNA extraction was done, and then <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> was detected using nested PCR.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study indicated that the prevalence of <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> in all slaughtered animals was 11.6% (21 of 180), including 14.4% (13\/90) in sheep and 8.8% (8\/90) in goats. The infection rates in liver and diaphragm samples were 12.2% (11\/90) and 11.1% (10\/90), respectively (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.8163). The infection rate in animals older than one was 16.3% (15\/92), and it was 6.8% (6\/88) in animals under one year of age. Therefore, no significant differences were found (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.475). Infection rates were 19.5% (18\/92) in males and 3.4% (3\/88) in females (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0007). In conclusion, the infection rates of toxoplasmosis in livestock in this area are almost high, and therefore, it is necessary to design appropriate prevention programs to control the disease.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13104-021-05465-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,4]],"date-time":"2021-02-04T18:22:36Z","timestamp":1612462956000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Toxoplasma gondii in Sheep and Goats from Central Iran"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Mojtaba","family":"Bahreh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bahador","family":"Hajimohammadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4521-4059","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gilda","family":"Eslami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"5465_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1217","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-7519(00)00124-7","volume":"30","author":"AM Tenter","year":"2000","unstructured":"Tenter AM, Heckeroth AR, Weiss LM. 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