Biomedical evaluation of free-ranging ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in tsimanampetsotsa strict nature reserve, madagascar

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-24

  Dutton, Christopher J ^a,b,d   Junge, Randall E ^b   Louis, Edward E ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease; Health; Lemur catta; Nutrition; Ring tailed lemur

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REFERENCE VALUE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BACTERIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; NEMATODA; REFERENCE VALUES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037929250     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)34[0016:BEOFRL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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