Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydophila abortus in caprine abortions in Tobago: A sero-epidemiological study

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 188-193

  Borde, G ^a   Lowhar, G ^a,b   Adesiyun, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Tobago House of Assembly Agriculture Division   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CAT; CHLAMYDOPHILA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646472625     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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