Acute toxoplasmosis in three wild arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) from Svalbard; one with co-infections of Salmonella Enteritidis PT1 and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype 2b

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Sørensen, Karen K ^a,d   Mork T ^a   Siguroardottir O G ^a   Asbakk K ^b   Akerstedt J ^a   Bergsjo B ^a   Fuglei, E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Encephalitis; Hepatitis; Meningitis; Pneumonia; Salmonella Enteriditis PT1; Toxoplasma gondii; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype 2b

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOX; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; JAUNDICE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; RABIES VIRUS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SEROTYPE; SUPERINFECTION; TISSUE SECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOXES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NORWAY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; LAGOPUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; RABIES VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 10244267652     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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