The role of rodents and shrews in the transmission of Toxoplasma gondii to pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 183-190

  Kijlstra, Aize ^a   Meerburg, Bastiaan ^a   Cornelissen, Jan ^a   De Craeye, Stéphane ^b   Vereijken, Pieter ^a   Jongert, Erik ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Crocidura russula; Mus musculus; Parasite reservoir; Pigs; Rattus norvegicus; Rodent control; T. gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAT; SHREW; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; RODENT CONTROL; RODENTIA; SHREWS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 50549095075     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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