Toxoplasmosis in a woodchuck (Marmota monax) and two American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 705-709

  Bangari, Dinesh S ^a   Mouser, Pamela ^a   Miller, Margaret A ^a   Stevenson, Gregory W ^a   Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^a   Thacker, H Leon ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marmota monax; Red squirrels; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Woodchuck

Indexed keywords

MARMOTA MONAX; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; LUNG; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; LUNG; MARMOTA; SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 38449114883     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900616     Document Type: Article

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