Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle from grenada and carriacou, West Indies

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 950-951

  Chikweto, A ^a   Kumthekar, S ^a   Tiwari, K ^a   Nyack, B ^a   Deokar, M S ^a   Stratton, G ^a   MacPherson, C N L ^a   Sharma, R N ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,b  

^a St George's University   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; MEAT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN; RUMINANT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GOAT; GRENADA; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GRENADA; MEAT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80053980906     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2811.1     Document Type: Article

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