Serotyping of naturally Toxoplasma gondii infected meat-producing animals

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Sousa, Susana ^a,b   Canada, Nuno ^b,c   Correia da Costa, José Manuel ^a,b   Dardé, Marie Laure ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e Toxoplasma Biological Resource Center (BRC)   (France)

Author keywords

Meat producing animals; Serotyping; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GRA6; PROTEIN GRA6I; PROTEIN GRA6II; PROTEIN GRA7; PROTEIN GRA7I; PROTEIN GRA7III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN MEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROTYPE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77951093668     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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