Specificity of Polymerase Chain Reaction Identification of <i>Toxoplasma Gondii</i> Infection in Paraffin-Embedded Animal Tissues

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Acknowledgements. We thank Theresa Hunsaker and Dana Hill for technical assistance and Dr. Bill Layton (Montana State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory), Dr. Bruce Anderson (University of Idaho), and Dr. Patricia Blanchard (California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System, Tulare) for samples. Dr. Pare was supported by the Austin Eugene Lyons Fellowship and by the Graduate Group in Epidemiology, University of California-Davis. This study was funded by the California Milk Advisory Board and Experiment Station funds through the Livestock Disease Research Laboratory and the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Califomia-Davis.