Epizootic Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in Captive Slender-tailed Meerkats (Suricata suricatta)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Juan Salles C ^a   Prats, N ^b   Lopez S ^b   Domingo, M ^b   Marco, A J ^b,c   Moran J F ^a  

^a Barcelona Zoo   (Spain)

^b Veterinary School   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disseminated toxoplasmosis; Slender tailed meerkat; Suricata suricatta; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CARNIVORA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030630939     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589703400101     Document Type: Article

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