Serologic survey for Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) from urban Sydney, Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-272

  Eymann, Jutta ^a   Herbert, Catherine A ^a,b   Cooper, Desmond W ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PARASITE; SURVEY; URBANIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CARE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPOSSUMS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URBAN HEALTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PHALANGERIDAE; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646487343     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-709R.1     Document Type: Article

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