Seroprevalence and risk factors for toxoplasma gondii infection on pig farms in central China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-264

  Tao, Qing ^a   Wang, Zhengsong ^a   Feng, Huihui ^a   Fang, Rui ^a   Nie, Hao ^a   Hu, Min ^a   Zhou, Yanqin ^a   Zhao, Junlong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFONAMIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PIG; PROTOZOAN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CAT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FLY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BREEDING; CATS; CHINA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CHINA;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79955614577     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2646.1     Document Type: Article

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