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Occurrence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected pigs.
Acta parasitologica - 1 Sept 2013
Turčeková Ľudmila, Antolová Daniela, Reiterová Katarína, Spišák František
Abstract excerpt
The protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that infects a wide range of warm-blooded vertebrates. The data about the occurrence of toxoplasmosis in slaughter pigs in the Slovak Republic are still missing. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in pigs from Slovakia during the period of 2006-2010 by ELISA and PCR methods. In sera of 970 slaughter pigs, 2.16%...
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