Toxoplasma gondii in sheep from the Campania region (Italy)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Fusco, Giovanna ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^b   Guarino, Achille ^a   Proroga, Yolande Therese Rose ^a   Pesce, Antonella ^a   Giuseppina, De Marco ^a   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Milk; PCR; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; ITALY; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; ITALY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34848887416     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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