Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in dairy goats from Romania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 470-474

  Iovu, Anamaria ^a   Györke, Adriana ^a   Mircean, Viorica ^a   Gavrea, Raluca ^a   Cozma, Vasile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dairy goats; Neospora caninum; Romania; Toxopasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; ROMANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; NEOSPORA; ROMANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84860234862     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.062     Document Type: Article

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