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

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Dubey, J P ^a   Sundar, N ^a   Pineda, N ^b   Kyvsgaard, N C ^c   Luna, L A ^b,d   Rimbaud, E ^b   Oliveira, J B ^e   Kwok, O C H ^a   Qi, Y ^f   Su, C ^f  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Universidad de Ciencias Comerciales (UCC)   (Nicaragua)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Centro de Investigación de Ganaderia Campesina CIGAC   (Nicaragua)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Chickens; Free range; Gallus domesticus; Genotype; Nicragua; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALLELE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CAT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HEART; INOCULATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEART; MICE; NICARAGUA; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

AVES; FELIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33750987319     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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