Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens in China based on circulating antigens and antibodies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Zhao, GuangWei ^a   Shen, Bo ^a   Xie, Qing ^a   Xu, Li Xin ^a   Yan, Ruo Feng ^a   Song, Xiao Kai ^a   Hassan, I A ^a   Li, Xiang Rui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; China; Prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; CHINA; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84858294869     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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