Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii in domestic pigs from Spain

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-426

  García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^a   Simon Grifé, Meritxell ^b   Dubey, Jitender P ^c   Casal, Jordi ^a,b   Martín, Gerard E ^b   Cabezón, Oscar ^b   Perea, Anselmo ^a   Almería, Sonia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic pigs; MAT; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Spain; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77955314503     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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