Spatiotemporal dynamics of toxoplasma gondii infection in canadian lynx (lynx canadensis) in western Québec, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-48

  Simon, Audrey ^a   Poulin, Michel Bigras ^a   Rousseau, Alain N ^b   Dubey, Jitender P ^c   Ogden, Nicholas H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian lynx; Predator prey cycle; Snowshoe hare; Spatiotemporal dynamic of infection; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUEBEC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERMES;

EID: 84872291080     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-02-048     Document Type: Article

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