Seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in sheep, cattle and horses in Urmia North-West of Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 90-94

  Raeghi, S ^a   Akaber, A ^a   Sedeghi, S ^a  

^a NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Livestock; MAT; Prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; HORSE; IRAN; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 83755229068     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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