Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in zoo animals in selected zoos in the midwestern United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 648-653

  De Camps, Silvia ^a   Dubey, J P ^a,b   Saville, W J A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; HEMOPARASITE; MARSUPIAL; PROTOZOAN; RAPTOR; WILD POPULATION; ZOO;

ACYNONYX JUBATUS JUBATUS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARACAL CARACAL; CAT; CHEETAH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EAGLE; EULEMUR MACACO FLAVIFRONS; FELIDAE; FERAL ANIMAL; FREEZING; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; INFECTION RISK; KANGAROO; LEMUR CATTA; LION; LYNX; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MACROPUS ROBUSTUS; MACROPUS RUFUS; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA PARDUS ORIENTALIS; PANTHERA PARDUS SAXICOLOR; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA; PROSIMIAN; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR STANLEYANA; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TIGER; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNCIA UNCIA; UNITED STATES; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA; VARIECIA VARIEGATA RUBRA; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FELIDAE; MARSUPIALIA; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATE DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STREPSIRHINI; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARACAL CARACAL; DAMA; EULEMUR MACACO; EULEMUR MACACO FLAVIFRONS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LEMUR CATTA; LYNX; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MACROPUS ROBUSTUS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; MACROPUS RUFUS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; OTOCOLOBUS MANUL; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA PARDUS ORIENTALIS; PANTHERA PARDUS SAXICOLOR; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA; PRIONAILURUS VIVERRINUS; PUMA CONCOLOR; PUMA CONCOLOR STANLEYANA; STREPSIRHINI; THYLOGALE BRUNII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNCIA UNCIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VARECIA VARIEGATA RUBRA; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 47349106841     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1453R.1     Document Type: Article

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