Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild boars (Sus scrofa) bred in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 333-334

  Fornazari, Felipe ^a   Langoni, Helio ^a   da Silva, Rodrigo Costa ^a   Guazzelli, Alessandro ^a   Ribeiro, Márcio Garcia ^a   Chiacchio, Simone Biagio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Sus scrofa; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild boar; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 70249145424     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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