Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in pinnipeds from Antarctica

Veterinary Record

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 249-

  Jensen, S K ^b   Nymo, I H ^a   Forcada, J ^c   Godfroid, J ^a   Hall, A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; PINNIPEDIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

PINNIPEDIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84866293903     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100848     Document Type: Article

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