Seroprevalence and isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from free-range chickens from Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 225-230

  Beltrame, M A V ^a   Pena, H F J ^b   Ton, N C ^a   Lino, A J B ^a   Gennari, S M ^b   Dubey, J P ^c   Pereira, F E L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chickens; Esp rito Santo state; Gallus domesticus; Isolation; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; HEART; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HEART; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; MICE; MUSCLES; POULTRY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84864540117     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.03.053     Document Type: Article

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