Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic goats in Durango State, Mexico

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a   Garcia Machado C ^b   Vitela Corrales, J ^b   Villena, I ^c   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b Laboratory of Animal Pathology   (Mexico)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capra hircus; Goats; Mexico; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 82755160971     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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