Serological detection of anti-Trichinella antibodies in wild foxes and experimentally infected farmed foxes in Norway

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-100

  Davidson, Rebecca K ^a   Ørpetveit, Irene ^a   Møller, Lone ^b   Kapel, Christian M O ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Centre for Medical Parasitology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibody persistence; Excretory secretory antigen; Indirect ELISA; Seroprevalence; Surveillance; Trichinella nativa; Trichinellosis; Tyvelose antigen; Western blot; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BETA TYVELOSE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; FOX; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORWAY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

CANIDAE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 67349252507     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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