Epidemiologic Survey on Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella pseudospiralis Infection in Corvids from Central Italy
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:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
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Funding
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Magpies | Hooded Crows | |||
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Trichinella | Toxoplasma | Trichinella | Toxoplasma | |
Faunistic Area (Municipality) | N. of birds | N. of birds | N. of birds | N. of birds |
Asciano (S. Giuliano Terme) | 27 | 28 | 15 | 15 |
Bientina (Bientina) | - | 104 | - | - |
Calcinaia (Calcinaia) | 52 | 55 | 20 | 22 |
Casaglia (Montecatini Val di Cecina) | 68 | 68 | 8 | 7 |
Casale Marittimo (Casale Marittimo) | 163 | 158 | - | - |
Guardistallo (Guardistallo) | 99 | 50 | - | - |
Navacchio (Cascina) | 71 | 69 | 25 | 25 |
Querceto (Montecatini Val di Cecina) | 138 | 58 | 23 | 51 |
Rio Arbiaia (Pomarance) | 60 | 61 | - | - |
Total | 678 | 651 | 91 | 120 |
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Mancianti, F.; Terracciano, G.; Sorichetti, C.; Vecchio, G.; Scarselli, D.; Perrucci, S. Epidemiologic Survey on Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella pseudospiralis Infection in Corvids from Central Italy. Pathogens 2020, 9, 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050336
Mancianti F, Terracciano G, Sorichetti C, Vecchio G, Scarselli D, Perrucci S. Epidemiologic Survey on Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella pseudospiralis Infection in Corvids from Central Italy. Pathogens. 2020; 9(5):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050336
Chicago/Turabian StyleMancianti, Francesca, Giuliana Terracciano, Camilla Sorichetti, Giuseppe Vecchio, Daniele Scarselli, and Stefania Perrucci. 2020. "Epidemiologic Survey on Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella pseudospiralis Infection in Corvids from Central Italy" Pathogens 9, no. 5: 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050336
APA StyleMancianti, F., Terracciano, G., Sorichetti, C., Vecchio, G., Scarselli, D., & Perrucci, S. (2020). Epidemiologic Survey on Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella pseudospiralis Infection in Corvids from Central Italy. Pathogens, 9(5), 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050336