Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in slaughtered pigs and cattle in Liaoning Province, Northeastern China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 440-441

  Liu, Xianjun ^a   Liu, Chengwu ^b   Liu, Yanjing ^c   Jin, Hongtoa ^d   Zhao, Yongkun ^d   Chen, Jing ^a   Yang, Min ^c   Liu, Quan ^d  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shengyang Policedog Training School   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CATTLE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIVITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; MEAT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CHINA; LIAONING;

BOS; BOVINAE; SUIDAE; SUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84860274843     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2989.1     Document Type: Article

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