Toxoplasma gondii Isolates from Free-Ranging Chickens from the United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1060-1062

  Dubey, J P ^a   Graham, D H ^b   Dahl, E ^b   Sreekumar, C ^a   Lehmann, T ^b   Davis, M F ^c   Morishita, T Y ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Division of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POULTRY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BREAST; CAT; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; GENOTYPE; HEART; LEG MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SWINE; TISSUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; CHICKENS; GENOTYPE; MASSACHUSETTS; MICE; OHIO; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0242604004     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-124R     Document Type: Conference Paper

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