Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in captive maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) from southeastern and midwestern regions of Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-260

  Vitaliano, S N ^a   Silva, D A O ^a   Mineo, T W P ^b   Ferreira, R A ^c   Bevilacqua, E ^d   Mineo, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Secretaria Do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Maned wolf; Neospora caninum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILD TYPE; WOLF;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CACAJAO; CANIDAE; CANIS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 3142723630     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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