Shedding of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts by Felidae in zoos in the Czech Republic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Lukesova D ^a   Literak I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amur leopard cat; Geoffroy's cat; Toxoplasma gondii; Wild cat; Zoo animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CARNIVORA; CZECH REPUBLIC; FECES; FEMALE; LIONS; MALE; MICE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI; PANTHERA PARDUS ORIENTALIS; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032518899     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00155-6     Document Type: Article

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