Comparison of detection methods for Toxoplasma gondii in naturally and experimentally infected swine

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-17

  Hill, Dolores E ^a   Chirukandoth, Sreekumar ^a   Dubey, J P ^a   Lunney, Joan K ^a   Gamble, H Ray ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Diagnosis; PCR; Serology; Swine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARCASS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARRIER STATE; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33748576584     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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