The prevalence and public health significance of Toxoplasma gondii in indigenous meat animals in the Niger Delta
Arene, F.O.
Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 35(2): 133-135
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4208 PMID: 6464188 Document Number: 231986
Using the Sabin-Feldman dye test, 32.8, 75.2, 81.6 and 69.2% of sera from 300 of each of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs in Nigeria, had significant antibody titres against T. gondii.
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