Antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in Eurasian Badgers

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-181

  Anwar, Ali ^a   Knaggs, Joanna ^a   Service, Katrina M ^a,d   McLaren, Graeme W ^a,c   Riordan, Phillip ^a   Newman, Chris ^a   Delahay, Richard J ^b   Cheesman, Chris ^b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eurasian badger; Meles; Parasite; Protozoan; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

MELES; MELES MELES; PROTOZOA; TAXIDIINAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33744802603     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.1.179     Document Type: Article

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