Zoonotic pathogens in wild muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from Greenland

Abstract The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Erysipelothrix in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and sheep (Ovis aries) from Greenland. In 2017 and 2018, faecal samples were collected from wild muskoxen fr...

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Published in:Veterinary Medicine and Science
Main Authors: Rebecca P. K. D. Berg, C. Rune Stensvold, Pikka Jokelainen, Anna K. Grønlund, Henrik V. Nielsen, Susan Kutz, Christian M.O. Kapel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021
Subjects:
arctic regions
epidemiology
ruminants
serology
zoonoses
Veterinary medicine
SF600-1100
Arctic
Greenland
Kangerlussuaq
Ivittuut
muskox
ovibos moschatus
Zackenberg
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.599
https://doaj.org/article/1d788e72168548618c347970c90e3836

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