Trichinella britovi in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 260-263

  Lopes, Ana Patrícia ^a,b   Vila Viçosa, Maria João ^c   Coutinho, Teresa ^a   Cardoso, Luís ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^d   Müller, Norbert ^d   Cortes, Helder C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PCR; Portugal; Red fox; Trichinella britovi; Vulpes vulpes; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINOSIS; VULPES VULPES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOX; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUSCLE; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; NEMATODA; SUIDAE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; MUSCLES; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS;

EID: 84929951779     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.03.025     Document Type: Article

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