Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from around the UK

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 169-173

  Hamilton, Clare M ^a,d   Gray, Robert ^b   Wright, Stephen E ^a   Gangadharan, Babunilayam ^c   Laurenson, Karen ^c   Innes, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IQVIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Fox; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LUNG FLUID; MALE; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; COCCIDIOSIS; EXUDATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA;

CANIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOXES; GREAT BRITAIN; LUNG; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 18844396127     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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