Toxoplasma gondii in wild cervids and sheep in Finland: North-south gradient in seroprevalence

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Jokelainen, Pikka ^a   Näreaho, Anu ^a   Knaapi, Suvi ^a   Oksanen, Antti ^a,b   Rikula, Ulla ^b   Sukura, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Game; Moose; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WHITE TAILED DEER; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ALCES ALCES; ALCES ALCES ALCES; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77954621589     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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