Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in anatolian ground squirrels, Spermophilus xanthophrymnus (Rodentia : Sciuridae) from Nigde, Turkey

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 530-532

  Karatepe, M ^a   Babur C ^b   Karatepe, B ^a   Kilic S ^b   Cakir M ^a  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Zent Inst Hyg   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Sabin Feldman Dye Test (SFDT); Spermophilus xanthophrymnus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCIURIDAE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 10944259864     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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