Toxoplasmosis in captive dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-85

  Dubey, J P ^a   Mergl, J ^a,b   Gehring, E ^a,b   Sundar, N ^a   Velmurugan, G V ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Grigg, M E ^a,c   Su, C ^a,d   Martineau, D ^a,e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Marineland Canada   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIBODY; AQUARIUM; BIOASSAY; COASTAL WATER; DOLPHIN; FELID; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; RODENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CANADA; CAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA; ZOO ANIMAL;

CANADA;

MAMMALIA; MUS; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; BRAIN; CANADA; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; WALRUSES;

EID: 64549147051     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1764.1     Document Type: Article

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