Prevalence of antibodies against toxoplasma gondii in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from svalbard and East Greenland

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Oksanen, A ^a,b   Asbakk K ^a   Prestrud, K W ^a   Aars, J ^a,c   Derocher, A E ^a,c,d   Tryland, M ^a   Wiig, Ø ^a,e   Dubey, J P ^a,g   Sonne, C ^a,f   Dietz, R ^a,f   Andersen, M ^a,f   Born, E W ^a,h  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY; BEAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; SERUM; YOUNG POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BEAR; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URSUS MARITIMUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SVALBARD; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; URSIDAE;

EID: 64549099013     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1590.1     Document Type: Article

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