Agglutinating antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in sera from captive eastern barred bandicoots in Australia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-218

  Miller, David S ^a,b   Mitchell, Graham F ^c,d,e   Biggs, Beverly ^d   McCracken, Helen ^c   Myroniuk, Peter ^c   Newish, Marilyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Fort Wayne Children's Zoo   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e Foursight Associates Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Eastern barred bandicoot; Perameles gunnii; Population viability; Serosurvey; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES GUNNII; PERAMELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034167224     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.213     Document Type: Article

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