Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in small ruminants of the madrid region, Spain, and identification of factors influencing seropositivity by multivariate analysis

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Vazquez Boland J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Goats; Multivariate analysis; Questionnaire; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029690210     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00385636     Document Type: Article

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