Transplacental toxoplasmosis in a wild southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-18

  Miller, Melissa ^a   Conrad, Patricia ^b   James, E R ^d   Packham, Andrea ^b   Toy Choutka, Sharon ^a   Murray, Michael J ^c   Jessup, David ^a   Grigg, Michael ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital brain malformation; Enhydra lutris; Genotype X; Sea otter; Toxoplasma gondii; Transplacental

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUSCLE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TACHYZOITE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THYMUS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MYOCARDIUM; OTTERS; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 41349091214     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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