Increased Toxoplasma gondii positivity relative to age in 125 Scottish sheep flocks; Evidence of frequent acquired infection

Veterinary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Katzer, Frank ^a   Brülisauer, Franz ^b   Collantes Fernández, Esther ^a,c   Bartley, Paul M ^a   Burrells, Alison ^a   Gunn, George ^b   Maley, Stephen W ^a   Cousens, Chris ^a   Innes, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84858112885     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-42-121     Document Type: Article

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