Significant familial differences in the frequency of abortion and Toxoplasma gondii infection within a flock of Charollais sheep

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Morley, E K ^a   Williams, R H ^a   Hughes, J M ^a   Terry, R S ^b   Duncanson, P ^a   Smith, J E ^b   Hide, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital; Ovine; Pedigree; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAROLLAIS SHEEP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 23944490882     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007614     Document Type: Article

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