Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in horses in the province of Kars, Turkey

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Akca, Atila ^a   Babur, C ^b   Arslan, M O ^a   Gicik, Y ^a   Kara, M ^a   Kilic, S ^b  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dye test; Horse; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 27144475865     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5667-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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