Factors affecting seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-42

  Garcia Bocanegra I ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Martinez F ^c   Vargas, A ^c   Cabezon O ^d   Zorrilla, I ^e   Arenas, A ^a   Almeria S ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Centro de Cría de Lince Ibérico El Acebuche   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^f CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian lynx; Lynx pardinus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Spain; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild rabbits

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES ANALYSIS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT USE; INFECTION CONTROL; LYNX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 72149113311     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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