Risk factors associated with sero-positivity to Toxoplasma gondii in captive neotropical felids from Brazil

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 286-295

  Silva, Jean Carlos Ramos ^a,c   Marvulo, Maria Fernanda Vianna ^b   Dias, Ricardo Augusto ^b   Ferreira, Fernando ^b   Amaku, Marcos ^b   Adania, Cristina Harumi ^c   Ferreira Neto, José Soares ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Associacao Mata Ciliar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Captive neotropical felids; Risk factors; Sero prevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Zoological garden

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; CAT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELIDAE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOPLASMA; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; CATS; FELIDAE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HERPAILURUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; ONCIFELIS COLOCOLO; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33846535206     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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