Susceptibility of the domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos) to experimental infection with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts

Avian Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Bártová, Eva ^a   Dvořáková, Hana ^a   Bárta, Jiří ^a   Sedlák, Kamil ^b   Literák, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUCK; MOUSE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DUCKS; MICE; OOCYSTS; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; GALLIFORMES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1942540815     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450310001652068     Document Type: Article

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