Biologic and genetic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Costa Rica, Central America

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Dubey, J P ^a   Su, C ^b   Oliveira, J ^c   Morales, J A ^c   Bolanos R V ^d   Sundar, N ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnología Agropecuaria   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Central America; Chickens; Costa Rica; Free range; Gallus domesticus; Genotype; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; CHICKENS; COSTA RICA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646950680     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.031     Document Type: Article

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