Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in stillborn piglets in Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-334

  Venturini, M C ^a   Bacigalupe, D ^a   Venturini, L ^a   MacHuca, M ^a   Perfumo, C J ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a Dept Parasitol Inst Pathol F ^*  (Argentina)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Fetal fluids; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Modified agglutination test; Pigs; Stillbirth; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FETUS; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; STILLBIRTH; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; FETAL DEATH; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032772205     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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