Toxoplasma Gondii in an African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix Cristata)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Harrison, Tara M ^a,b   Moorman, Jamee Black ^b   Bolin, Steven R ^b   Grosjean, Nicole L ^b   Lim, Ailam ^b   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^b  

^a Potter Park Zoo   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crested porcupine; encephalitis; Hystrix cristata; protozoa; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ERETHIZONTIDAE; HYSTRICIDAE; HYSTRIX CRISTATA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCUPINE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCUPINES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 34447345998     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900210     Document Type: Article

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