Seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii in sheep raised in the Jaboticabal microregion, São Paulo State, Brazil

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-106

  Lopes, Welber Daniel Zanetti ^a   Santos, Thaís Rabelo dos ^a   da Silva, Ricardo dos Santos ^a   Rossanese, Walter Matheus ^a   de Souza, Fernando Augusto ^a   de Faria Rodrigues, Joana D'Ark ^a   de Mendonça, Rafael Paranhos ^a   Soares, Vando Edésio ^a   Costa, Alvimar José da ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; MINERAL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENDER; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PASTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CATS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 71649085450     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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