Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats in Rahim Yar Khan (Punjab), Pakistan

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1225-1229

  Ramzan, M ^a   Akhtar, M ^a   Muhammad, F ^a   Hussain, I ^a   Hiszczynska Sawicka E ^b   Haq, A U ^a   Mahmood, M S ^a   Hafeez, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Goat; Pakistan; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 70350323604     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9304-0     Document Type: Article

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