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Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in carnivorous wild birds in the eastern United States

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  • 1. Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA & Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sadat City University, Sadat City, Menofia, 32511, Egypt
  • 2. Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
  • 3. Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 307 Ken and Blaire Mossman Bldg., 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
  • 4. SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Busch Gardens, 3605 E. Bougainvillea Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
  • 5. Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 110 Research Unit A. University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
  • 6. USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, Harrisburg, PA, 17106, USA

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Ammar, Sawsan, Wood, Liberty, Su, Chunlei, Spriggs, Maria, Brown, Justin, Why, Kyle Van, Gerhold, Richard (2021): Toxoplasma gondii prevalence in carnivorous wild birds in the eastern United States. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 15: 153-157, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.04.010, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.04.010

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