Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies from slaughter pigs in Chongqing, China

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 685-687

  Wu, Dingyu ^a   Lv, Ruiqing ^a   Sun, Xiutao ^a   Shu, Fanfan ^a   Zhou, Zouyong ^b   Nie, Kiu ^b   Duan, Gang ^a   Zou, Fengcai ^a  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chongqing Municipality; Indirect hemagglutination test; Seroprevalence; Slaughter pig; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHINA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84857686719     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9965-3     Document Type: Article

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