Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in dairy goats in Michoacán State, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-542

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a   Silva Aguilar, D ^b   Villena, I ^c   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b Laboratory of Animal Pathology of Morelia   (Mexico)

^c HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GOAT; HEALTH RISK; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALTITUDE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREED; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MEXICO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84878709211     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/12-103.1     Document Type: Article

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