Toxoplasma gondii Infections in Chickens (Gallus domesticus): Prevalence, Clinical Disease, Diagnosis and Public Health Significance

@article{Dubey2010ToxoplasmaGI,
  title={Toxoplasma gondii Infections in Chickens (Gallus domesticus): Prevalence, Clinical Disease, Diagnosis and Public Health Significance},
  author={Jitender P. Dubey},
  journal={Zoonoses and Public Health},
  year={2010},
  volume={57},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:9228587}
}
A very high prevalence of the parasite was found in chickens raised in backyards and free‐range organic establishments and to assess the role of infected chickens in the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in humans.
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