Serologic survey for Toxoplasma gondii in selected wildlife species from Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-224

  Zarnke, Randall L ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Kwok, O C H ^b   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Bison; Bison bison; Black bear; Canis lupus; Caribou; Dall sheep; Moose; Ovis dalli; Rangifer tarandus; Serologic survey; Toxoplasma gondii; Ursus americanus; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BISON; BISON BISON; BUBALUS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URSUS AMERICANUS;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; BUFFALO; DEER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REINDEER; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOPLASMA; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BISON; DEER; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; REINDEER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URSIDAE; WOLVES;

EID: 0034170319     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.219     Document Type: Article

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