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Toxoplasma gondii infection in sentinel and free-range chickens from Argentina.
Veterinary parasitology - 23 Mar 2012
Moré G, Maksimov P, Pardini L, Herrmann D C, Bacigalupe D, Maksimov A, Basso W, Conraths F J, Schares G, Venturini M C
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This study aimed at isolating and genotyping Toxoplasma gondii from serologically positive free-range chickens from Argentina, and to evaluate the use of sentinel animals during a short time period of exposure to determine environmental contamination with T. gondii oocysts. Two groups of chickens on six farms were compared in this study: (i) young, 2-3 month-old broiler-type chickens reared as sentinel animals on...
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