Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in farm-reared ostriches and wild game species from Zimbabwe

Acta Tropica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Hove, T ^a   Mukaratirwa, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antibody prevalence; Game species; Modified agglutination test; Ostriches; Toxoplasma gondii; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTELOPE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FELIDAE; HEART MUSCLE; HERBIVORY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WARTHOG; ZIMBABWE;

BOVIDAE; CAMELUS; ELEPHANT; FELIDAE; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; PANTHERA LEO; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; POTAMOCHOERUS LARVATUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIDAE; STRUTHIONIFORMES; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 15944397980     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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