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High prevalence and genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from organic pigs in northern USA.
Veterinary parasitology - 13 Aug 2012
Dubey J P, Hill D E, Rozeboom D W, Rajendran C, Choudhary S, Ferreira L R, Kwok O C H, Su C
Abstract excerpt
The ingestion of undercooked pork infected with Toxoplasma gondii is considered an important source of transmission of this parasite. While T. gondii infection in confinement raised market pigs (market pigs are typically used for fresh, unprocessed pork products) in the USA has decreased significantly over the last 20 years, infection levels in pigs with access to the outdoors can be quite high. An upsurge in...
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