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Toxoplasma gondii infections in chickens from Venezuela: isolation, tissue distribution, and molecular characterization.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2005
Dubey J P, Lenhart A, Castillo C E, Alvarez L, Marcet P, Sreekumar C, Lehmann T
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The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, in free-ranging chickens is a good indicator of the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. The prevalence of T. gondii in 46 free-range chickens (Gallus domesticus) from Venezuela was determined. Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT). Antibodies were found in 16 (32%) chickens with titers of...
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