Serological and parasitological prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in wild birds from Colorado

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 937-939

  Dubey, J P ^a   Felix, T A ^a,b   Kwok, O C H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXCRETION; FELID; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; RAPTOR; SERUM; SMALL MAMMAL; WILD POPULATION;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RAPTOR; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO LAGOPUS; BUTEO REGALIS; BUTEO SWAINSONI; FALCO SPARVERIUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLORADO; MICE; PREVALENCE; RAPTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77958173023     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2501.1     Document Type: Article

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