Toxoplasmosis in a Colony of Sugar Gliders (Petaurus breviceps)

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-623

  Barrows, Michelle ^a  

^a Johannesburg Zoo   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 33747347363     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2006.05.006     Document Type: Review

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