Serosurvey for canine distemper virus, canine adenovirus, leptospira interrogans, andtoxoplasma gondii in free-ranging canids in Scandinavia And Svalbard

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 474-480

  Åkerstedt, Johan ^a   Lillehaug, Atle ^a   Larsen, Inger Lise ^a   Eide, Nina E ^b,e   Arnemo, Jon M ^c,d   Handeland, Kjell ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Arctic tox; Distemper; Leptospira; Red tox; Serosurvey; Toxoplasma; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; BATTUS; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE ADENOVIRUS TYPE 1; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CANIDAE; CANINE ADENOVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISTEMPER; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRUSES, CANINE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CANIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77952387282     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.474     Document Type: Article

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