Risk factors for the presence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Norwegian slaughter lambs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-227

  Skjerve, Eystein ^a   Waldeland, Harald ^a   Nesbakken, Truls ^b,c   Kapperud, Georg ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Meat Research Centre   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Parasitological diseases; Risk factors; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; OVIS ARIES; PHOCIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RODENTICIDE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NORWAY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOPLASMA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RODENTICIDES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032088655     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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