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Epidemiologic significance of Toxoplasma gondii infections in chickens (Gallus domesticus): the past decade.
Parasitology - 1 Oct 2020
Dubey J P, Pena H F J, Cerqueira-Cézar C K, Murata F H A, Kwok O C H, Yang Y R, Gennari S M, Su C
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Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide. Domestic free-range chickens (Gallus domesticus) are excellent sentinels of environmental contamination with T. gondii oocysts because they feed on the ground. Chickens can be easily infected with T. gondii; however, clinical toxoplasmosis is rare in these hosts. Chickens are comparatively inexpensive and thus are good sentinel animals for...
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