Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in exotic wild felids from Brazilian zoos

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-351

  Silva, Jean Carlos R ^a,b   Ogassawara, Saemi ^a   Marvulo, Maria Fernanda V ^a,b   Ferreira Neto, J S ^a   Dubey, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Associação Mata Cillar   (Brazil)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Modified agglutination test; Toxoplasma gondii antibodies; Wild felids; Zoological gardens

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; IMMUNOLOGY; LION; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; LIONS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0038342940     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0349:TGAIEW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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