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Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery sto...

Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery sto...

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Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery stores and farms in Maryland, Ohio and Massachusetts, USA

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Full title

Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery stores and farms in Maryland, Ohio and Massachusetts, USA

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Parasitology research (1987), 2017-05, Vol.116 (5), p.1591-1595

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Chickens are considered important in the epidemiology of
Toxoplasma gondii
. Chicken hearts (
n
 = 1185) obtained from grocery stores were tested for
T. gondii
infection. Antibodies to
T. gondii
were assayed in fluid removed from the heart cavity using the modified agglutination test (MAT) at 1:5, 1:25, and 1:100 dilutions....

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Full title

Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens from grocery stores and farms in Maryland, Ohio and Massachusetts, USA

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1881267390

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1881267390

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ISSN

0932-0113

E-ISSN

1432-1955

DOI

10.1007/s00436-017-5420-3

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