The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild and captive cetaceans from Japan

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 896-898

  Murata, K ^a   Mizuta, K ^a   Imazu, K ^b   Terasawa, F ^c   Taki, M ^d   Endoh, T ^e  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Adventure World   (Japan)

^c Enoshima Aquarium   (Japan)

^d Suma Aquarium Park   (Japan)

^e Shinagawa Aquarium   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CETACEAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CETACEA; DOLPHIN; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; JAPAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SUCROSE GRADIENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CETACEA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; JAPAN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 4344589988     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-197R     Document Type: Article

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