Occurrence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in female cattle in south-west of Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 899-903

  Hamidinejat, Hossein ^a   Ghorbanpour, Masoud ^a   Nabavi, Leily ^a   Hajikolaie, Mohammad Rahim Haji ^a   Jalali, Mohammad Hossein Razi ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cattle; Iran; Modified agglutination test; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAN; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; IRAN; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BOS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77952890270     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9505-6     Document Type: Article

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