Seroprevalences to Toxoplasma gondii in privately-owned dogs in Taiwan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Lin, Dah Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dog; Immunology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0032536959     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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