Ovine toxoplasmosis

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1887-1894

  Innes, Elisabeth A ^a   Bartley, Paul M ^a   Buxton, David ^a   Katzer, Frank ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

immune responses; sheep; Toxoplasma gondii; vaccination

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BIRTH; EWE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPH NODE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; OOCYSTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77449131242     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991636     Document Type: Review

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