Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a captive ring-tailed lemur (lemur catta)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 904-906

  Spencer, J A ^a   Joiner, K S ^a   Hilton, C D ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Toivio Kinnucan, M ^a   Minc, J K ^a   Blagburn, B L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITOLOGY;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CAT; CHILD; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETHARGY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSIMIAN; SMEAR; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BRAIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; LEMUR; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS; ICTERIDAE; LEMUR CATTA; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOA; STREPSIRHINI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 4344649863     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-249R     Document Type: Article

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