Pathology of experimental toxoplasmosis in Eastern barred Bandicoots in Tasmania

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-144

  Bettiol, Silvana S ^a   Obendorf, David L ^a   Nowarkowski, Mark ^a   Goldsmid, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern barred bandicoot; Marsupial; Pathology; Perameles gunnii; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA; PERAMELES GUNNII; PERAMELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MYOCARDIUM; TASMANIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033631625     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.141     Document Type: Article

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