Evidence of sexual transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 130-133

  Santana, Luis Fernando ^a   Rossi, Gabriel Augusto Marques ^b   Gaspar, Roberta Cordeiro ^b   Pinto, Vanessa Marigo Rocha ^b,c   Oliveira, Gilson Pereira de ^b,c   Costa, Alvimar José da ^b,c  

^a Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c CPPAR Animal Health Research Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; Goats; PCR; Sexual transmission; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84886639915     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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