Immunity to toxoplasmosis in pigs fed irradiated Toxoplasma gondii oocysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 749-752

  Dubey, J P ^a   Lunney, J K ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNIZATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031869499     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284582     Document Type: Article

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