Latitudinal variability in the seroprevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in non-migrant and Arctic migratory geese

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-15

  Sandström, Cecilia A M ^a   Buma, Anita G J ^a   Hoye, Bethany J ^b,c   Prop, Jouke ^a   van der Jeugd, Henk ^b   Voslamber, Berend ^d   Madsen, Jesper ^e   Loonen, Maarten J J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser anser; Anser brachyrhynchus; Arctic; Branta canadensis; Branta leucopsis; Geese; Modified agglutination test; Seroreversion; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANSER ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA LEUCOPIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DUCKS AND GEESE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOOSE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CATS; EUROPE; GEESE; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; COCCIDIA; FELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84876798829     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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