Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from mute swan (Cygnus olor) from the USA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 42-46

  Dubey, J P ^a   Choudhary, S ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Oliveira, S ^a   Verma, S K ^a   Marks, D R ^b   Pedersen, K ^b   Mickley, R M ^b   Randall, A R ^b   Arsnoe, D ^b   Su, C ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cygnus olor; Genetic types; Isolation; Mute swan; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; USA; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; GENETIC MARKER; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYGNUS OLOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HEART; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY; WATERFOWL;

CYGNUS; CYGNUS OLOR; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIRD DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OOCYSTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878462936     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.051     Document Type: Article

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