Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Eurasian badgers.
Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii were detected in samples collected from 90 live-trapped adult Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) sampled at three sites (two agricultural and one woodland) in southern England. Serum was tested using a qualitative latex agglutination test procedure and 63 of 90 (70%) badgers tested positive for T. gondii antibodies. Antibody prevalence varied between the sites; 67% and 77% of badgers from agricultural sites and 39% from a nonagricultural site tested positive.
Anwar
Ali
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Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QL, UK.
Knaggs
Joanna
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Service
Katrina M
KM
McLaren
Graeme W
GW
Riordan
Philip
P
Newman
Chris
C
Delahay
Richard J
RJ
Cheesman
Chris
C
Macdonald
David W
DW
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D045969:Mustelidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan