Toxoplasmosis in wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus and Macropus eugenii): Blindness, treatment with atovaquone, and isolation of Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 929-933

  Dubey, J P ^a   Crutchley, C ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPROLIUM; ATOVAQUONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLINATE CALCIUM; IVERMECTIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE;

BLINDNESS; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARSUPIAL; NAPHTHALENE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOASSAY; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WALLABY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATOVAQUONE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; METATHERIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 48349103689     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1448.1     Document Type: Article

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