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Biologic and genetic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Nicaragua, Central America.
Veterinary parasitology - 30 Nov 2006
Dubey J P, Sundar N, Pineda N, Kyvsgaard N C, Luna L A, Rimbaud E, Oliveira J B, Kwok O C H, Qi Y, Su C
Abstract excerpt
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 98 free-range chickens (Gallus domesticus) from Nicragua was determined. Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT), and found in 84 (85.7%) of 98 chickens with titers of 1:5 in...
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