Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Romania are Carriers of Toxoplasma gondii but not Neospora caninum

Ovidiu Şuteu,Andrei Daniel Mihalca,Anamaria Ioana Paştiu,Adriana Györke,Ioana Adriana Matei,Angela Monica Ionică,Anamaria Balea,Miruna Oltean,Gianluca D’Amico,Sándor Barabási Sikó,Dan Traian Ionescu,Călin Mircea Gherman,Vasile Cozma

Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Romania are Carriers of Toxoplasma gondii but not Neospora caninum

2014

Ovidiu Şuteu
Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Anamaria Ioana Paştiu
Adriana Györke
Ioana Adriana Matei
Angela Monica Ionică
Anamaria Balea
Miruna Oltean
Gianluca D’Amico
Sándor Barabási Sikó
Dan Traian Ionescu
Călin Mircea Gherman
Vasile Cozma

Abstract Brain samples from 182 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Romania were examined using a standard PCR technique. Results provide evidence of Toxoplasma gondii (11 foxes = 6.0%) and Neospora caninum (1 fox = 0.5%) DNA in red foxes from Romania. No coinfections were found.

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Virology
Toxoplasma gondii
Biology
Vulpes
Neospora caninum

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