PCR detection of Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii and Encephalitozoon cuniculi in brains of wild carnivores

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 150-154

  Hurkova L ^a   Modry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Neospora caninum; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARNIVORE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FOX; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIOSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; LUTRA LUTRA; MARTES; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33644882736     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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