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| ===Laboratory Tests=== | | ===Laboratory Tests=== |
− | faecal
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− | serology
| + | The ovine fetal immune system starts to respond to |
| + | T. gondii at or soon after 60 days gestation when both |
| + | humoral and cellular reactions can be detected29. |
| + | Specific circulating anti-T. gondii IgM and IgG, |
| + | detectable after 30 days of maternal infection, can |
| + | be used in the diagnosis of T. gondii abortion29. |
| + | Infection ofpregnant and non-pregnant ewes provokes |
| + | substantial iunity, so that a uterine T. gondii |
| + | infection will not develop in a future gestation2l. |
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| ===Pathology=== | | ===Pathology=== |