Study on the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum and molecular evidence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis infections in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in rural Ireland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Murphy, T M ^a   Walochnik, J ^b   Hassl, A ^b   Moriarty, J ^c   Mooney, J ^a   Toolan, D ^c   Sanchez Miguel, C ^c   O'Loughlin, A ^c   McAuliffe, A ^a  

^a National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance Food Feed and Animal Health   (Ireland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Foxes; Neospora caninum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FOX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IRELAND; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FOXES; IRELAND; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CANIDAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34247372684     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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