Cats and goat whey associated with toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-274

  Meerburg, B G ^a   Van Riel, J W ^a   Cornelissen, J B ^a   Kijlstra, A ^a,b   Mul, M F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pigs; Toxoplasmosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WHEY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOATS; MILK; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33751225942     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.266     Document Type: Article

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