Seroprevalence of porcine cysticercosis and influence of some associated risk factors in Northwestern Romania

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-126

  Oleleu, Ana Maria ^a,b   Gherman, Călin Mircea ^a   Blaga, Radu ^c   Györke, Adriana ^a   Cozma, Vasile ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b Sanitary Veterinary And Food Safety Agency (SVFSD)   (Romania)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences   (Romania)

Author keywords

Age; ELISA; Pigs; Prevalence; Season; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978962293     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: 18017576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb201685020121     Document Type: Article

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