Toxoplasma gondii infection in Polish farmed mink

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-206

  Śmielewska Łoś, Ewa ^a   Turniak, Waldemar ^a,b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Private Outpatient Clinic   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mink; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FISH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIVER; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MINK; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SMEAR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; BREEDING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LIVER; MALE; MINK; POLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUSTELA VISON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 3042569101     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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