A sero-epidemiological survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection in free-range and caged chickens in northeast China

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 360-363

  Zhu, Jibao ^a   Yin, Jigang ^a   Xiao, Yue ^a   Jiang, Ning ^a   Ankarlev, Johan ^b   Lindh, Johan ^b   Chen, Qijun ^a,b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chicken; Epidemiology; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POULTRY DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 56349108088     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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