Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in sheep from Federal District, central region of Brazil

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-552

  Ueno, Tatiana Evelyn Hayama ^a   Gonçalves, Vitor Salvador Picão ^b   Heinemann, Marcos Bryan ^c   Dilli, Tales Luís Bezerra ^b   Akimoto, Bruno Minoru ^b   De Souza, Silvio Luís Pereira ^d   Gennari, Solange Maria ^d   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^d  

^a AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Neospora caninum; Prevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 62949106122     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9220-8     Document Type: Article

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