Report of Trichinella spiralis in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Northern Ireland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 300-303

  Zimmer, I A ^a   Fee, S A ^b   Spratt Davison, S ^b   Hunter, S J ^a   Boughtflower, V D ^a   Morgan, C P ^a   Hunt, K R ^c   Smith, G C ^a   Abernethy, D ^d   Howell, M ^e   Taylor, M A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Veterinary Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foxes; Northern Ireland (NI); Trichinella

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOX; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; FOXES; NORTHERN IRELAND; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 59349100301     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.066     Document Type: Article

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