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Thus, we conducted this study to examine the specific anti-T. gondii IgG-antibody in the raw milk and sera of domestic cows in China. In total, 894 cows were randomly selected from rural areas in northeastern China. The positive rate of T. gondii in the milk and serum samples were 6.38% (57\/894) and 7.16% (64\/894), respectively. Moreover, a history of abortion (OR = 2.03, 95% CI: 1.11\u20133.72, p = 0.022) was identified as the only risk factor for T. gondii infection in the studied cows. This study investigated the seroprevalence of T. gondii in the raw milk and sera of cows in China; it provided timely and useful data for public health and food safety, especially in rural areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens11101079","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,22]],"date-time":"2022-09-22T05:33:14Z","timestamp":1663824794000},"page":"1079","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Raw Milk and Sera of Cows in China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Yu-Min","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang-Yang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China"},{"name":"Intelligent Research Center of Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hai-Yang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chun-Hua","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu-Hang","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1398-5553","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wu-Wen","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Dubey, J.P. 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