Fatal Toxoplasma gondii infection in golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-493

  Pertz, Cophelia ^a   Dubielzig, Richard R ^b   Lindsay, David S ^c  

^a Utica Zoological Gardens   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callitrichid; Golden lion tamarin; Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MARMOSET; NECROSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RODENT; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; CALLITRICHINAE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031303877     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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