Cross-sectional survey in pig breeding farms in Hesse, Germany: Seroprevalence and risk factors of infections with Toxoplasma gondii, Sarcocystis spp. and Neospora caninum in sows

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-286

  Damriyasa, I M ^a   Bauer, C ^a   Edelhofer, R ^b   Failing, K ^a   Lind, P ^c   Petersen, E ^d   Schares, G ^e   Tenter, A M ^f   Volmer, R ^g   Zahner, H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e Institute of Epidemiology   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^g Staatliches Untersuchungsamt Hessen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Germany; Neospora caninum; Pig protozoa; Risk factors; Sarcocystis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PIG FARMING; PLASMA; SARCOCYSTIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERMANY; NEOSPORA; RISK FACTORS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS MIESCHERIANA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 9644255728     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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