Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep from Haute-Vienne, France: Seroprevalence and isolate genotyping by microsatellite analysis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 376-379

  Dumètre, Aurélien ^a   Ajzenberg, Daniel ^a   Rozette, Luc ^a   Mercier, Aurélien ^a   Dardé, Marie Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Meat; Microsatellite; Multilocus genotyping; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33751226289     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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