Neosporosis in a white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calf

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-43

  Williams, J H ^a   Espie, I ^b   van Wilpe, E ^a   Matthee, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b National Zoological Gardens   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceratotherium; Congenital; Immunohistochemistry; Myocarditis; Neospora; Neosporosis; Perrisodactyla; Protozoa; Rhino; Ultrastructure; White rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; BREEDING; COCCIDIOSIS; DEATH; HEART FAILURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MYOCARDITIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERATOTHERIUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; COCCIDIA; MURINAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPORA SP.; PROTOZOA; RHINOCEROS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDITIS; NEOSPORA; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 0036491579     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v73i1.547     Document Type: Review

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