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The ELISA tests showed that the overall positivity of IgG antibody was 21.1% (786\/3733), 15.3% (570\/3733) and 18.2% (680\/3733) for rSAG1-, rGRA7- and rBAG1-ELISA, respectively, and the positivity of IgM antibody was 11.8% (439\/3733), 13.0% (486\/3733) and 11.8% (442\/3733) for rSAG1-, rGRA7- and rBAG1-ELISA, respectively. A total of 241 animals (6.5%) positive for all rSAG1-, rGRA7- and rBAG1-IgG were found in this study, and the 141 animals (3.8%) tested were anti-<jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> IgM positive in all three ELISAs. Moreover, the 338, 284 and 377 animals were IgG positive in rSAG1 + rGRA7-, rBAG1 + rGRA7- and rSAG1 + rBAG1- ELISAs respectively, and the 346, 178 and 166 animals in rSAG1 + rGRA7-, rBAG1 + rGRA7- and rSAG1 + rBAG1-ELISAs were IgM positive respectively. The results confirmed that the application of SAG1, GRA7, and BAG1 recombinant antigens could successfully be used in the detection of specific IgG and IgM antibodies for distinguishing between acute or chronic <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> infections. It is inferred that the forms in which current animal species in the plateau area were infected with <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic>, and the period of infection or the clinical manifestations of the current infections may be different. 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