Prevalence and genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii in feline faeces (oocysts) and meat from sheep, cattle and pigs in Switzerland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 290-297

  Berger Schoch, A E ^a   Herrmann, D C ^b   Schares, G ^b   Muller N ^a   Bernet, D ^c   Gottstein, B ^a   Frey, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cats; Genotyping; Real time PCR; Slaughter animals; Switzerland; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SHEDDING; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FELIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79954584492     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.046     Document Type: Article

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