Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 310-313

  Dubey, J P ^a   Mansfield, K ^b   Hall, B ^b   Kwok, O C H ^a   Thulliez, P ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Black tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus); Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus); Neospora caninum; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; USA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS HEMIONUS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA;

CERVIDAE; COCCIDIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS HEMIONUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 50249120709     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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