Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infection in invasive Eastern Cottontail Rabbits Sylvilagus floridanus in Northwestern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 682-684

  Zanet, S ^a   Palese, V ^a   Trisciuoglio, A ^a   Canton Alonso C ^a   Ferroglio, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Invasive species; Neospora caninum; PCR; Sylvilagus floridanus; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ITALY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; LAGOMORPHA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PCR; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; NEOSPORA; RABBITS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884985057     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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