Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic sheep and goats in Borno state, Nigeria

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 793-797

  Kamani, Joshua ^a   Mani, Aliyu U ^b   Egwu, Godwin O ^b  

^a National Veterinary Research Institute   (Niger)

^b University of Maiduguri   (Niger)

Author keywords

ELISA; Goats; Nigeria; Prevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; NIGERIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77952880780     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9488-3     Document Type: Article

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