The screening of parasites and viral pathogens of small mammals from a farm in southern Finland, and genetic identification of the Finnish house mouse, Mus musculus

Abstract

Seven species of small mammals (N = 160) caught on a cattle farm in southern Finland were screened for various parasites and viral pathogens.

Keywords

• lymphocytic-choriomeningitis-virus
• genus hepatozoon apicomplexa
• pneumocystis-carinii
• reservoir hosts
• small rodents
• wild rodents
• mice mus
• infection
• population
• colonization