Potential application of serological tests on fluids from carcasses: Detection of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcoptes scabiei in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jakubek, Eva Britt ^a   Mattsson, Roland ^a,b   Mörner, Torsten ^a,b   Mattsson, Jens G ^a,c   Gavier Widén, Dolores ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SWEDEN; THORACIC CAVITY; TIME; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY FLUIDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOXES; LUNG; MALE; PREVALENCE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SWEDEN; THORACIC CAVITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84857584443     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-54-13     Document Type: Article

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