Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in sport horses from Qazvin, Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1321-1322

  Hajialilo, Elham ^a   Ziaali, Naser ^a   Fasihi Harandi, Majid ^a   Saraei, Mehrzad ^b   Hajialilo, Mohammad ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Soroush Equestrian Club ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Equine toxoplasmosis; Iran; Modified agglutination test (MAT); Prevalence

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956177101     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9576-4     Document Type: Article

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