Toxoplasmosis in wild mammals from the Czech Republic

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 480-485

  Hejlíček, Karel ^a   Literák, Ivan ^b   Nezval, Jiří ^c  

^a VEDIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c DYNTEC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Isolation; Prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECTIVORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAGOMORPH; MAMMAL; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARTIODACTYLA; ARVICOLINAE; CARNIVORA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; INSECTIVORA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALS; MICE; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; RURAL HEALTH; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031174135     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.480     Document Type: Article

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