Frequency and risk factors for toxoplasmosis in ovines of various regions of the State of Colima, Mexico

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1385-1389

  Caballero Ortega, H ^a   Palma, J M ^b,c   Garcia Marquez L J ^b,c   Gildo Cardenas A ^b   Correa, D ^a,d  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^c Ctro Univ de Invest y Desarrollo   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ELISA; Frequency; Mexico; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CAT; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EWE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; MALE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS SILVESTRIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 54349102579     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004873     Document Type: Article

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