Factors affecting the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 265-270

  Almeria S ^a   Calvete, C ^b   Pages A ^c   Gauss, C ^a   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^c SA Girona   (Spain)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified agglutination test; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Spain; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT; SAMPLE; SEASON; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CASTILLA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; RABBITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 5444248609     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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