A serological study on the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep of Lithuania

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Stimbirys, A ^a   Bagdonas, J ^b   Gerulis, G ^a   Russo, P ^c  

^a Department of Food Safety and Animal Hygiene ^*  (Lithuania)

^b Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

ELISA test; Lithuania; Sheep; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITHUANIA; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LITHUANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34250852473     PISSN: 15051773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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