Leptospiral antibodies in wild felines from Rio de Janeiro Zoo, Brazil

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-193

  Lilenbaum, W ^a,c   Monteiro, R V ^b   Albuquerque, C E ^b   Ristow, P ^a   Fraguas, S ^a   Cardoso, V S ^a   Fedullo, L P L ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Rio Zoo Foundation   (Brazil)

^c Lab de Bacteriologia Veterinaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Felidae; Leptospira sp.; Leptospirosis; Wildlife; Zoo

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KIDNEY SCAR; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SP.;

EID: 4344705506     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(03)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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