Seroprevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in sheep in center of Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3228-3230

  Bonyadian, Mojtaba ^a   Hematzade, F ^b   Manuchehri, K ^c  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Immunofluorescent; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 35348876582     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3228.3230     Document Type: Article

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