TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODIES AMONG BOBCATS AND OTHER CARNIVORES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA1

H. P. RIEMANN; J. A. HOWARTH; R. RUPPANNER; C. E. FRANTI; D. E. BEHYMER

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-11.2.272

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1 April 1975 TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODIES AMONG BOBCATS AND OTHER CARNIVORES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

H. P. RIEMANN, J. A. HOWARTH, R. RUPPANNER, C. E. FRANTI, D. E. BEHYMER

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 11(2):272-276 (1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.2.272

Abstract

The prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii was investigated among five species of wild carnivores in Northern California. The highest prevalence was among bobcats (Lynx rufus), with 15 of 21 tested being serologically positive. Other results included serological evidence of toxoplasmosis in two of seven raccoons (Procyon lotor), one of three badgers (Taxidea taxus) and two of three coyotes (Canis latrans). Two gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) were serologically negative.

One badger with an indirect hemagglutination antibody titer of 1:8192 was found to harbor T. gondii in its brain tissues.

RIEMANN, HOWARTH, RUPPANNER, FRANTI, and BEHYMER: TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODIES AMONG BOBCATS AND OTHER CARNIVORES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA1

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H. P. RIEMANN, J. A. HOWARTH, R. RUPPANNER, C. E. FRANTI, and D. E. BEHYMER "TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODIES AMONG BOBCATS AND OTHER CARNIVORES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 11(2), 272-276, (1 April 1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.2.272

Received: 14 November 1974; Published: 1 April 1975

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