Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in sparrows (Passer domesticus) in the Northeast of Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 121-124

  Gondim, Leane S Q ^a   Abe Sandes, Kiyoko ^b   Uzêda, Rosângela S ^a   Silva, Mariana S A ^a   Santos, Sara L ^a   Mota, Rinaldo A ^c   Vilela, Sineide M O ^c   Gondim, Luis F P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neospora caninum; Passer domesticus; Sparrow; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmatinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPARROW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HAMMONDIA; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 75749138891     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.055     Document Type: Article

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