Trichinella spp. infection in horses of Romania: Serological and parasitological survey

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 285-289

  Blaga, Radu ^a,b   Cretu, Carmen M ^c   Gherman, Calin ^b   Draghici, Alina ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^e   Noeckler, Karsten ^f   Kapel, Christian M O ^g   Dida, Ion ^d   Cozma, Vasile ^b   Boireau, Pascal ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^c CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artificial digestion; Horse; Prevalence; Romania; Serology; Trichinella

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; MEAT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARASITOLOGY; ROMANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROMANIA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 59349087731     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.058     Document Type: Article

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