Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and other wild ruminants from Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 193-200

  Gauss, C B L ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Vidal, D ^c   Cabezon O ^a   Ruiz Fons, F ^c   Vicente, J ^c   Marco, I ^a   Lavin, S ^a   Gortazar, C ^c   Almeria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Modified agglutination test; Red deer; Spain; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild ruminants

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RED DEER; SHEEP; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA; ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA PYRENAICA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33644617633     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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