Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in lambs via PCR screening and serological follow-up

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 258-263

  Mason, Sam ^a   Quinnell, Rupert J ^a   Smith, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

PCR; Serology; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77951253197     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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