Role of Toxoplasma gondii in abortion of ewes in ahvaz (South-West Iran)

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-371

  Hamidinejat, Hossein ^a   Goraninejad, Saad ^a   Ghorbanpoor, Masoud ^a   Nabavi, Lily ^a   Akbarnejad, Farshad ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abortion; Ewes; Immunodiagnosis; Iran; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 57649122506     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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