Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in wild animals in Brazil
| Autor: | Helio Langoni, Gustavo Puglia Machado, Tatiane Morosini de Andrade Cruvinel, Rodrigo Costa da Silva, Ciro Alexandre Cruvinel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), University Center of Rio Preto Veterinary Hospital, Bady Bassit |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Veterinary medicine
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine lcsh:RC955-962 Short Report Toxoplasma gondii Toxicology Wild animals Antibodies lcsh:RA1190-1270 Direct agglutination test lcsh:Zoology medicine lcsh:QL1-991 lcsh:Toxicology. Poisons biology Obligate Zoonosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Toxoplasmosis Titer Natural infection Infectious Diseases MAT Alouatta caraya Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology Cerdocyon thous |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 0 (2014) Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Volume: 20, Article number: 41, Published: 02 OCT 2014 SciELO Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases v.20 2014 The Journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases |
| ISSN: | 1678-9199 |
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