Occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi oocysts in the faeces of cats from Germany and other European countries

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 34-45

  Schares, G ^a   Vrhovec, M Globokar ^b   Pantchev, N ^b   Herrmann, D C ^a   Conraths, F J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hammondia hammondi; Oocyst; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 38749118993     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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