Prevalência de anticorpos para Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle e Manceaux, 1909) em ovinos da região sul do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul / Prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle e Manceaux, 1909) in sheep from the south of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

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2008

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Serum samples from 1840 sheep from Rio Grande do Sul south (area region), Brazil, were tested to verify the prevalence of IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii by Immunofluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT), using sera dilution 1:64 as cut-off value. Four age groups were studied: one year old, two years old, three years old and >four years old sheep. The prevalence rate for T. gondii infection was 20,2% (450/1840) (15,2% four years old groups was 35,3% (255/681) (27,5%

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toxoplasma gondii ovinos .rio grande do sul veterinária toxoplasma gondii ifat sheep medicina veterinaria preventiva rifi rio grande do sul

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