Toxoplasmosis in Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins (Sousa chinensis), from Queensland

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 627-632

  Bowater, R O ^a   Norton, J ^a   Johnson, S ^a   Hill, B ^b   O'Donoghue, P ^c   Prior, H ^b  

^a Oonoonba Veterinary Laboratory   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; SOUSA CHINENSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOLPHIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; QUEENSLAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 2342629964     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb12509.x     Document Type: Article

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