Systemic toxoplasmosis and Gram-negative sepsis in a southern chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) from the Pyrenees in northeast Spain

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-247

  Marco, Ignasi ^a   Velarde, Roser ^a   López Olvera, Jorge R ^a,b   Cabezón, Oscar ^a   Pumarola, Martí ^a   Lavín, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chamois; Rupicapra pyrenaica; Septicemia; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 62549130243     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100212     Document Type: Article

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