Toxoplasma gondii in feral American minks at the Maullín river, Chile

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 60-65

  Sepúlveda, Maximiliano A ^a,b   Muñoz Zanzi, Claudia ^a,c   Rosenfeld, Carla ^a   Jara, Rocio ^a   Pelican, Katharine M ^b   Hill, Dolores ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American mink; Chile; Neovison vison; PCR; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; MINK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREY SELECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHILE; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; MINK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78649462292     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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