Serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis in a common wombat

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 346-351

  Skerratt, Lee F ^a   Phelan, Jim ^b   McFarlane, Roe ^b   Speare, Rick ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Marsupial; Modified agglutination test; Pathology; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Vombatus ursinus; Wombat

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LUNG; MARSUPIAL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXOPLASMA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEART; KIDNEY; LUNG; MARSUPIALIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031112476     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.346     Document Type: Article

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