Seroprevalences of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in nondomestic felids from southern Africa

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 248-251

  Cheadle, Mark A ^a,b   Spencer, Jennifer A ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Neospora caninum; Nondomestic felids; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; CHEETAH; COCCIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; LION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CARNIVORA; COCCIDIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LIONS; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033146829     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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