Clinical observations, pathology, bioassay in mice and serological response at slaughter in pigs experimentally infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Wingstrand, A ^a   Lind, P ^b   Haugegaard, J ^a   Henriksen, Sv Aa ^b   Bille Hansen, V ^b   Sorensen V ^a  

^a Fed Danish Pig Producers S ^*  (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Meat juice; Pig; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEAT; MICE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030844226     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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