Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from raccoons (Procyon lotor), cats (Felis domesticus), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), black bear (Ursus americanus), and cougar (Puma concolor) from Canada

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-45

  Dubey, J P ^a   Quirk, T ^a,b   Pitt, J A ^a,c   Sundar, N ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Leclair, D ^a,d,e   Hill, R ^a,f   Su, C ^a,f  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIOASSAY; CARNIVORE; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; PROTOZOAN; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PUMA; RACCOON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LUNG; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUMA; RACCOONS; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URSIDAE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; MUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PUMA CONCOLOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 40949093186     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1349.1     Document Type: Article

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