Toxoplasma gondii exposure in arctic-nesting geese: A multi-state occupancy framework and comparison of serological assays

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-153

  Elmore, Stacey A ^a   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^b   Bailey, Larissa L ^b   Milhous, Jared ^b   Alisauskas, Ray T ^c   Gajadhar, Alvin A ^d   Jenkins, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; DAT occupancy estimation; IFAT; Lesser snow goose; MAT; Ross's goose; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904890415     PISSN: 22132244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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