Molecular detection of cytauxzoon spp. in asymptomatic brazilian wild captive felids

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 234-237

  André, Marcos R ^a   Adania, Cristina H ^b   Machado, Rosangela Z ^a   Allegrettl, Silmara M ^c   Fellppe, Paulo A N ^c   Silva, Ketty F ^a   Nakaghi, Andréa C H ^a   Dagnone, Ana S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Centro Brasileiro de Conservação de Felídeos Neotropicais   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytauxzoon spp; PCR; Wild felids

Indexed keywords

CYTAUXZOON; FELIDAE; HERPAILURUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; ONCIFELIS COLOCOLO; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; COCCIDIA; DISEASE CARRIER; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PANTHERA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; MALE; PANTHERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; PUMA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 65249117367     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.234     Document Type: Article

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