The incidence and economic significance of ovine toxoplasmosis in Uruguay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-15

  Freyre, A ^a   Bonino, J ^b   Falcon J ^a   Castells, D ^b   Correa, O ^a   Casaretto, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Abortion; Economic significance; Incidence; Sheep; Toxoplasma; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URUGUAY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URUGUAY;

EID: 0031574445     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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