Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from chickens from India

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 187-194

  Sreekumar, C ^a   Graham, D H ^b   Dahl, E ^b   Lehmann, T ^b   Raman, M ^c   Bhalerao, D P ^d   Vianna, M C B ^a   Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c VETERINARY COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d BOMBAY VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chicken; Gallus domesticus; Genotyping; India; Isolation; Microsatellite analysis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART; INDIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PARASITE ISOLATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0347318132     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.10.018     Document Type: Article

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