Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1335-1339

  Dubey, J P ^a   Marcet, Paula L ^a,b   Lehmann, T ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; CAT; CHICKEN; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEART; HUMIDITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; SAG2 GENE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; CHICKENS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 26044455991     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-575R.1     Document Type: Article

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