Toxoplasmosis in captive Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Basso, W ^a   Venturini, M C ^a   More G ^a   Quiroga, A ^a   Bacigalupe, D ^a   Unzaga, J M ^a   Larsen, A ^a   Laplace, R ^b   Venturini, L ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de La Plata ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Macropus rufogriseus; Marsupials; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; EOSIN; GENOMIC DNA; HEMATOXYLIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEART; HEPATITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOEY (KANGAROO); LIVER; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; STAINING; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; METATHERIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33846564501     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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