Neospora caninum exposure in overlapping populations of coyotes (Canis latrans) and feral swine (Sus scrofa)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1028-1032

  Bevins, Sarah ^a   Blizzard, Emily ^a   Bazan, Luis ^b   Whitley, Pat ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Coccidian; Feral swine; Neospora; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; COYOTE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; COYOTES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NEOSPORA; NEW MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TEXAS;

EID: 84887093905     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-02-034     Document Type: Article

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