Prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Hungarian red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Jakubek, Eva Britt ^a   Farkas, Robert ^b   Pálfi, Vilmos ^c   Mattsson, Jens G ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Foxes; Iscom ELISA; Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild life

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOX; HUNGARY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PROTOZOON; RABIES; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOXES; HUNGARY; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CANIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33846578769     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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