Prevalence of anti-t gondii and anti-n caninum antibodies in goats slaughtered in the public slaughterhouse

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Veterinary Parasitology 149 (2007) 126–129 www.elsevier.com/locate/vetpar

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Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in goats slaughtered in the public slaughterhouse ´ of Patos city, Paraıba State, Northeast region of Brazil
Eduardo B. Faria a, Solange M. Gennari b, Hilda F.J. Pena b, ´ Ana Celia R. Athayde a, Maria Luana C.R. Silva a, ´ Sergio S. Azevedo a,* a ˆ ´ ´ Unidade Academica de Medicina Veterinaria, Centro de Saude e Tecnologia Rural, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, ´ ´ Av. Universitaria, Bairro Santa Cecılia, CEP 58700-970, Caixa Postal 64, Patos, PB, Brazil b ´ ´ ´ Departamento de Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva e Saude Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, ˜ ˜ Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, CEP 05508-270, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Received 9 April 2007; received in revised form 24 May 2007; accepted 5 July 2007

Abstract The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora caninum antibodies was investigated in goats slaughtered in the ´ public slaughterhouse of Patos, State of Paraıba, Northeast region of Brazil, and possible associations between sex of the animals and