Toxoplasma gondii infections in sheep in Sicily, southern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 3-8

  Vesco, G ^b   Buffolano, W ^a   La Chiusa, S ^c   Mancuso, G ^c   Caracappa, S ^b   Chianca, A ^a   Villari, S ^b   Curro V ^b   Liga, F ^b   Petersen, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^c Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Italy; Sheep; Sicily; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34047266846     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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