Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in sera of turkeys, chickens, and ducks from Egypt

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 627-628

  El Massry, A ^a   Mahdy, O A ^a   El Ghaysh, A ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGYPT; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033919691     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0627:potgai]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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