Fatal toxoplasmosis in brown hares (Lepus europaeus): Possible reasons of their high susceptibility to the infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-28

  Sedlak K ^a   Literak I ^b   Faldyna, M ^c   Toman, M ^c   Benak J ^b  

^a Statni veterinarni ustav Praha   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Hare; Rabbit; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HARE; HYPEREMIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; RABBIT; SPLENOMEGALY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LAGOMORPHA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034333420     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00325-3     Document Type: Article

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