Detection of T. gondii in tissues of sheep and cattle following oral infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-171

  Esteban Redondo, I ^a   Maley, S W ^a   Thomson, K ^a   Nicoll, S ^a   Wright, S ^a   Buxton, D ^a   Innes, E A ^b  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle protozoa; PCR; Sheep protozoa; Tissue cysts; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CATS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032851126     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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