Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in dogs in Trinidad and Tobago

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 179-187

  Ali, C N ^a   Harris, J A ^a   Watkins, J D ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Dogs; Toxoplasmosis; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTININS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037407405     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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