Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in dogs from Northeastern Portugal

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-420

  Lopes, A P ^a   Santos, H ^a   Neto, F ^a   Rodrigues, M ^b   Kwok, O C H ^c   Dubey, J P ^c   Cardoso, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIRD; CANID; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOGISTICS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMALL MAMMAL;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MODIFIED AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; RAW FOOD; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

PORTUGAL;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79958250077     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2691.1     Document Type: Article

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