| Literature DB >> 9794654 |
F B Nutter1, J F Levine, M K Stoskopf, H R Gamble, J P Dubey.
Abstract
Serum samples from 143 hunter-killed black bears were collected during the 1996 and 1997 black bear hunting seasons in eastern North Carolina. All samples were tested for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by the modified agglutination test. Antibodies to T. gondii were present in 120 of 143 (84%) bears. Females had significantly higher titers than males (Wilcoxon rank sums test, P = 0.045), and titers increased with age (Jonckheere test, P = 0.01). Samples collected during 1996 (n = 79) were tested for antibodies to Trichinella spiralis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. No samples were positive for antibodies to T. spiralis.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9794654
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasitol ISSN： 0022-3395 Impact factor: 1.276