Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Toxoplasma gondii in Farmed Domestic Rabbits in Egypt

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Ashmawy, K I ^a   Abuakkada, S S ^a   Awad, A M ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ELISA; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Indirect hemagglutination; Rabbits; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGYPT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; EGYPT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79960218474     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01371.x     Document Type: Article

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