Toxoplasma gondii in Switzerland: A Serosurvey Based on Meat Juice Analysis of Slaughtered Pigs, Wild Boar, Sheep and Cattle

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 472-478

  Berger Schoch, A E ^a   Bernet, D ^b   Doherr, M G ^a   Gottstein, B ^a   Frey, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Meat juice; P 30 ELISA; Slaughtered animals; Switzerland; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CALF (MAMMAL); CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EWE; HEIFER; LAMB; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

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

EID: 79960224075     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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