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Jensen, S K; Aars, Jon; Lydersen, Christian; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Åsbakk, K (2010): (Table 1) Rates of seropositivity for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in polar bears and marine mammals around Svalbard [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811593, In supplement to: Jensen, SK et al. (2009): The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in polar bears and their marine mammal prey: evidence for a marine transmission pathway? Polar Biology, 33(5), 599-606, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0735-x

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Coverage:
Latitude: 78.900000 * Longitude: 18.010000
Event(s):
Svalbard_bear * Latitude: 78.900000 * Longitude: 18.010000 * Location: Svalbard * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Species, common nameSpecies commonJenssen, Bjørn Munro
SpeciesSpeciesJenssen, Bjørn Munro
SexSexJenssen, Bjørn Munro
Toxoplasma gondii seropositive rateT. gondii seropos%Jenssen, Bjørn MunroDirect agglutination test kit for IgG antibodies (DAT, Toxo-Screen DA bioMerieux
Sample amountN#Jenssen, Bjørn Munro
Size:
80 data points

Data

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Species common

Species

Sex

T. gondii seropos [%]

N [#]
Polar bearsUrsus maritimustotal45.6228
Polar bearsUrsus maritimusfemale38.1117
Polar bearsUrsus maritimusmale52.3111
Ringed sealsPusa hispidatotal18.7262
Ringed sealsPusa hispidafemale22.299
Ringed sealsPusa hispidamale16.6163
Bearded sealsErignathus barbatustotal12.580
Bearded sealsErignathus barbatusfemale20.729
Bearded sealsErignathus barbatusmale7.851
Harbour sealsPhoca vitulinatotal0.0120
Harbour sealsPhoca vitulinafemale0.051
Harbour sealsPhoca vitulinamale0.069
White whalesDelphinapterus leucastotal0.012
White whalesDelphinapterus leucasfemale0.02
White whalesDelphinapterus leucasmale0.010
NarwhalsMonodon monocerosmale0.02