Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild red deer, roe deer, moose, and reindeer from Norway

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Vikøren, Turid ^a   Tharaldsen, Jorun ^a   Fredriksen, Bente ^a   Handeland, Kjell ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervids; Deer; Moose; Reindeer; Serosurvey; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAT; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; REINDEER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; REINDEER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1642298991     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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