An outbreak of toxoplasmosis in an aviary collection of Nicobar pigeons (Caloenas nicobaria)

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-152

  Last, R D ^a   Shivaprasad, H L ^b  

^a Vetdiagnostix Veterinary Pathology Services   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviary; Caloenas nicobaria; Nicobar pigeons; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPLEEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYZOITE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VASCULITIS;

AVES; CALOENAS; COLUMBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 58349115662     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v79i3.263     Document Type: Article

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