Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania spp. infection in captive crab-eating foxes, Cerdocyon thous (Carnivora, Canidae) from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 190-192

  Catenacci, Lilian S ^a   Griese, Juliana ^a   da Silva, Rodrigo C ^b   Langoni, Helio ^b  

^a Rua Major Homem d'El Rey   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerdocyon thous; Heterologous anti serum immunoglobulin; IFAT; Leishmania spp.; MAT; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CARNIVORE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; FOXES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; DUSICYON THOUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77951092834     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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