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¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie, EA 3800, IFR53, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 45 rue Cognacq Jay, 51092 Reims Cedex, France;
² Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), BP40009, 54290 Malzéville, France;
³ Laboratoire de Parasitologie, EA3174, Faculté de Medicine, Université de Limoges, Z Avenue Martin Luther King, 87042, Limoges Cedex, France
⁴ Corresponding author (email: daubert{at}chu-reims.fr)

ABSTRACT:   Little is known about the prevalence or importance of Toxoplasma gondii infections in raptors. Sera from Eurasian Buzzards (Buteo buteo, n=14), Tawny Owls (Strix aluco, n=12), Barn Owls (Tyto alba, n=18), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus, n=1), and Common Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus, n=8) were examined for agglutinating antibodies using the modified agglutination test at 1:25 dilution. Antibodies were not detected in Common Kestrels and the Eurasian Sparrowhawk but were detected in 11 Eurasian Buzzards (79%), six Tawny Owls (50%), and two Barn Owls (11%). Toxoplasma gondii, genotype II, was isolated from the brain of an adult Tawny Owl.
  Key words:  Accipiter nisus, Buteo buteo, Falco tinnunculus, seroprevalence, Strix aluco, Toxoplasma gondii, Tyto alba.