First report of seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in dairy sheep from Humid Pampa, Argentina

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1645-1647

  Hecker, Yanina P ^a   Moore, Dadín P ^a   Manazza, Jorge A ^b   Unzaga, Juan M ^c   Späth, Ernesto J A ^b   Pardini, Lais L ^c   Venturini, María C ^c   Roberi, José L ^d   Campero, Carlos M ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dairy sheep; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884532611     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-013-0396-1     Document Type: Article

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