Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antibody prevalence in alaska wildlife

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 348-355

  Stieve, Erica ^a   Beckmen, Kimberlee ^b   Kania, Stephen A ^a   Widner, Amanda ^a   Patton, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska wildlife; Antibody prevalence; Apicomplexa; Neospora caninum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; APICOMPLEXA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES VULPES;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; COYOTE; DEER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; REINDEER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; COYOTES; DEER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; REINDEER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77952394587     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.348     Document Type: Article

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