Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and chlamydia psittaci in domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) at Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-161

  Mushi, E Z ^a   Binta, M G ^b   Chabo, R G ^a   Ndebele, R ^a   Panzirah, R ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Botswana; Chlamydophila psittaci; Domestic pigeons; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BOTSWANA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIRD DISEASES; BOTSWANA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COLUMBIDAE; PSITTACOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035373927     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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