Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Parasitology 1735-7020 15 3 2020 09 12 446 451 Zhijin SHENG Department of Physical Education, College of Humanistic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China Yu JIN Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China Yong YAO Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China Saeed El-ASHRAM College of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China AND Department of Immunology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt Jijia SHEN Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China Xuelong WANG Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China Yongsheng JI Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China AND Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China 2020 09 12 Background: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite, which can infect all nucleated cells in a variety of vertebrate animals, including human, causing toxoplasmosis. Although a number of studies have reported on the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in dogs in China, however, information about T. gondii infection in pet dogs in Anhui, China is not available. Methods: The modified agglutination test (MAT) was used to detect antibodies in sera samples from 468 pet dogs at Anhui Province in China from November 2013 to April 2017. Results: 18.6% animals were T. gondii seropositive, indicating a slightly higher prevalence of T. gondii infection in pet dogs in Anhui, China in comparison with other provinces in China. Conclusion: Our present study provided epidemiological data on T. gondii seroprevalence in pet dogs in Anhui, China for the effective prevention and control of the parasite prevalence in this area. https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/3075 https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/3075/1077