Survey of ovine and caprine toxoplasmosis by IFAT and PCR assays in Sardinia, Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-21

  Masala, G ^a   Porcu, R ^a   Madau, L ^a   Tanda, A ^a   Ibba, B ^a   Satta, G ^a   Tola, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Goat; Italy; PCR; Seroprevalence; Sheep protozoa; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; FETUS LIVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HERD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0242266925     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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