Comparative serological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in horses using locally isolated Toxoplasma gondii

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Ghazy, A A ^a   Shaapan, R M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Eman H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ELISA; Horses; IFAT; MAT; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SEPHAROSE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREED; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33847776213     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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