Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum antibodies in Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica)

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-260

  Garcia Bocanegra I ^a   Cabezon O ^b   Pabon M ^b   Gomez Guillamon F ^c   Arenas, A ^a   Alcaide, E ^d   Salas Vega, R ^c   Dubey, J P ^e   Almeria S ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Junta de Andalucía ^*  (Spain)

^d Centro de Análisis y Diagnóstico de la Fauna Silvestre CAD   (Spain)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian ibex; Neosporosis; Seroprevalence; Spain; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CAPRA PYRENAICA HISPANICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84855825213     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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