Genetic and biologic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii infections in free-range chickens from Austria

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-306

  Dubey, J P ^a   Edelhofer, R ^b   Marcet, P ^c   Vianna, M C B ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Lehmann, T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Austria; Chickens; Free range; Gallus domesticus; Genotype; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRAZIL; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HEART; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 26044476325     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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