Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum antibodies in dogs from Grenada, West Indies

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 750-751

  Dubey, J P ^a   Stone, D ^b   Kwok, O C H ^a   Sharma, R N ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CANID; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GRENADA; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; LESSER ANTILLES; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 47349113184     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1496R.1     Document Type: Article

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