Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pigs from Vietnam

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 951-952

  Huong, Lam Thi Thu ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HOST; NEW RECORD; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PIG; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIET NAM;

ABATTOIRS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34848883075     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1163R.1     Document Type: Article

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