Toxoplasmosis in golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) and emperor marmosets (Saguinus imperator) in captivity

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-235

  Epiphanio, Sabrina ^a   Guimarães, Marcelo A B V ^b   Fedullo, Daniel L ^b   Correa, Sandra H R ^b   Catão Dias, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fund Parque Zoologico de S Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callitrichidae; Leontophitecus chrysomelas; Primate; Saguinus imperator; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MARMOSET; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CALLITHRIX; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; SAGUINUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034207969     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0231:TIGHLT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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