Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in the milk of naturally infected goats in the Northeast of Brazil

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 421-424

  Bezerra, M J G ^a   Kim, P C P ^a   Moraes, É P B X ^a   Sa S G ^a   Albuquerque, P P F ^a   Silva, J G ^a   Alves, B H L S ^a   Mota, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Goat milk; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MILK; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOATS; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84934271711     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12160     Document Type: Article

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