Cross-sectional survey on Toxoplasma gondii infection in cattle, sheep and pigs in Serbia: Seroprevalence and risk factors

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Klun, Ivana ^a   Djurković Djaković, Olgica ^a   Katić Radivojević, Sofija ^b   Nikolić, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Pigs; Risk factors; Serbia; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; CATTLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEEDING; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YUGOSLAVIA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 29344466432     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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