Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild carnivores from Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 187-192

  Sobrino, R ^a   Cabezon O ^b   Millan J ^c   Pabon M ^b   Arnal, M C ^d   Luco, D F ^d   Gortazar C ^a   Dubey, J P ^e   Almeria, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

European wildcat (Felis silvestris); Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus); Seroprevalence; Spain; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild carnivores

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EURASIAN BADGER; EUROPEAN GENET; EXPOSURE; FERRET; FOX; LYNX; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PINE MARTEN; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; STONE MARTEN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARNIVORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MARTES FOINA; MARTES MARTES; MELES MELES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34547930090     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.038     Document Type: Article

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