Genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from European beavers (Castor fiber) and European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 108-111

  Herrmann, D C ^a   Wibbelt, G ^b   Gotz M ^c   Conraths, F J ^a   Schares, G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beaver; Germany; PCR RFLP typing; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild cat

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASTOR FIBER; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FELIS SILVESTRIS SILVESTRIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EUROPE; FELIS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; FELIS SILVESTRIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84869869939     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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