Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and intestinal parasites in stray, farm and household cats in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-255

  Miró, Guadalupe ^a   Montoya, Ana ^a   Jiménez, Santos ^b   Frisuelos, Carolina ^a   Mateo, Marta ^a   Fuentes, Isabel ^c  

^a Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

^b La Rioja Spain ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cat; Intestinal parasites; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CAPILLARIA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX ROLE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAENIA; TOXOCARA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANCYLOSTOMA; CAPILLARIA; CYSTOISOSPORA; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; FELIS CATUS; TAENIA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 9644264014     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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