Sexual transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 47-56

  Lopes, Welber Daniel Zanetti ^a   Rodriguez, Joana D'Ark ^a   Souza, Fernando A ^a   dos Santos, Thais Rabelo ^a   dos Santos, Ricardo Silva ^a   Rosanese, Walter Matheus ^a   Lopes, Werik Renato Zanetti ^a   Sakamoto, Cláudio Alessandro ^a   da Costa, Alvimar José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ovine; Semen; Sexual transmission; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING LINE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EWE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; INOCULATION; LAMB; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPERM; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TACHYZOITE; TISSUE SECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC SHEEP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BREEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MICE; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84878442385     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.056     Document Type: Article

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