Toxoplasmosis in a colony of New World monkeys

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-304

  Dietz, Hans Henrik ^a   Henriksen, Per ^b   Bille Hansen, Vivi ^a   Henriksen, Svend Aage ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Fur Breeders Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

epizootic; monkey; Toxoplasma gondii; zoo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CALLITHRIX; CEBIDAE; COCKROACHES; DENMARK; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINES; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; NECROSIS; PRIMATE DISEASES; SAGUINUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030897591     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01088-6     Document Type: Article

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