Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic pigs reared under different management systems in Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-237

  Hove, T ^a   Lind, P ^b   Mukaratirwa, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Domestic pigs; IFAT; IgG antibodies; Public health implications; Toxoplasma gondii; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; ZIMBABWE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HYGIENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33644828520     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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