Prevalence and risk factors for anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in goats of the Seridó Oriental microregion, Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast region of Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 329-332

  Neto, José O Araújo ^a   Azevedo, Sérgio S ^a   Gennari, Solange M ^b   Funada, Mikaela R ^b   Pena, Hilda F J ^b   Araújo, Ana Raquel C P ^a   Batista, Carolina S A ^b   Silva, Maria L C R ^a   Gomes, Albério A B ^a   Piatti, Rosa Maria ^c   Alves, Clebert J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Goats; Risk factors; Serid Oriental microregion; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOAT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 50349098018     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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