Serological survey of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in sheep, cattle, and buffaloes in Punjab, India

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1174-1175

  Sharma, S ^a   Sandhu, K S ^a   Bal, M S ^a   Kumar, H ^a   Verma, S ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAN; RUMINANT; SAMPLING; SERUM;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUFFALO; CATTLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BUBALUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 54349119129     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1556.1     Document Type: Article

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