Fatal acute toxoplasmosis in three golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Juan Sallés, Carles ^a,b   Prats, Neus ^b   Marco, Alberto Jesús ^b   Ramos Vara, José Antonio ^c   Borrás, Daniel ^b   Fernández, Jesús ^a  

^a Barcelona Zoo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Golden lion tamarin; Leontopithecus rosalia; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MARMOSET; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CALLITRICHINAE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032015677     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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