Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in brain tissue of feral rodents and insectivores caught on farms in the Netherlands

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 317-320

  Meerburg, B G ^a   De Craeye, S ^b   Dierick, K ^b   Kijlstra, A ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farms; Insectivores; Livestock; Neospora caninum; Rodents; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BANK VOLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BROWN RAT; COMMON SHREW; COMMON VOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HARVEST MOUSE; HOUSE MOUSE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIC FARMING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SHREW; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VOLE; WHITE TOOTHED SHREW; WOOD MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INSECTIVORA; MALE; NEOSPORA; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCIDURA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; REITHRODONTOMYS; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84855921278     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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