Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in stray cats in Sari, northern Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Sharif, Mehdi ^a   Daryani, Ahmad ^a   Nasrolahei, Mohtaram ^a   Ziapour, Seyyed Peyman ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cat; Iran; LAT; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; IRAN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 58149180348     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9173-y     Document Type: Article

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