Toxoplasma infection in sheep from south of Iran monitored by serological and molecular methods; risk assessment to meat consumers

Aim: Toxoplasma gondii has a clinical and veterinary importance as it is known to cause congenital disease and abortion both in humans and livestock. Since the contaminated lamb is one of the sources of human infection, this study was performed to determine the prevalence of T. gondii in sheep in so...

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Main Authors: Belal Armand, Kavous Solhjoo, Manoochehr Shabani-Kordshooli, Mohammad Hasan Davami, Mehdi Sadeghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Veterinary World 2016-08-01
Series:Veterinary World
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Online Access:http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.9/August-2016/9.pdf