Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Iowa and Minnesota using four serologic tests

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 330-334

  Dubey, J P ^a   Jenkins, M C ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Zink, R L ^b   Michalski, M L ^b   Ulrich, V ^c   Gill, J ^d   Carstensen, M ^e   Thulliez, P ^f  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Neospora agglutination test; Neospora caninum; Odocoileus virginianus; Toxoplasma gondii; Western blot; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; NEOSPORA CANINUM ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DEER; FEMALE; IOWA; MINNESOTA; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CERVIDAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 64549130798     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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