Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep and cattle

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Esteban Redondo, Irma ^a   Innes, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CATTLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYST; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYSTS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030912164     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(96)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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