Do free-ranging common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) play a role in the transmission of Toxoplasma gondii within a zoo environment?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 202-209

  Hill, N J ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Vogelnest, L ^c   Power, M L ^a   Deane, E M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Possum; Toxoplasma gondii; Trichosurus vulpecula; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOSURUS; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHALANGERIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 40249088120     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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