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===Laboratory Tests===
 
===Laboratory Tests===
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The ovine fetal immune system starts to respond to
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Anti-''Toxoplasma gondii'' antibodies can be deteceted in the maternal circulation from thirty days post-infection. However, in an outbreak of abortions, action may nned to be taken before this point.
T. gondii at or soon after 60 days gestation when both
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humoral and cellular reactions can be detected29.
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Specific circulating anti-T. gondii IgM and IgG,
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detectable after 30 days of maternal infection, can
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be used in the diagnosis of T. gondii abortion29.
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Infection ofpregnant and non-pregnant ewes provokes
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substantial iunity, so that a uterine T. gondii
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infection will not develop in a future gestation2l.
      
===Pathology===
 
===Pathology===
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