Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in feline and canine biological samples by use of the polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-267

  Stiles, Jean ^a   Prade, Rolf ^b   Greene, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEER; DOG; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; GOATS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030094913     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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