Toxoplasmosis in Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Bermudez R ^a   Failde L D ^a   Losada, A P ^a   Nieto, J M ^a   Quiroga, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Macropod; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii; Wallaby

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTRANUCLEAR SPACE; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; STAINING; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 59649115965     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.082     Document Type: Article

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