Serological survey of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in goats, sheep, cattle and water buffaloes in Bahia State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-276

  Pita Gondim, L F ^a   Barbosa Jr , H V ^a   Ribeiro Filho, C H A ^a   Saeki, H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Goats; Latex agglutination test; Sheep; Toxoplasmosis; Water buffaloes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; INFECTION RATE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032906692     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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