Fatal toxoplasmosis in free-ranging endangered 'Alala from Hawaii

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-212

  Work, Thierry M ^a   Massey, J Gregory ^b   Rideout, Bruce A ^c   Gardiner, Chris H ^d   Ledig, David B ^e   Kwok, O C H ^f   Dubey, J P ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Hawaii Div of Forestry and Wildlife   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Alala; Bioassay; Corvus hawaiiensis; Diclazuril; Endangered species; Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS HAWAIIENSIS; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; DICLAZURIL; NITRILE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TOXOPLASMA; UNITED STATES;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIRD DISEASES; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSTATS; FEMALE; HAWAII; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NITRILES; SONGBIRDS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0034166828     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.205     Document Type: Article

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