Cerebral toxoplasmosis in striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba) stranded along the ligurian sea coast of Italy

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-253

  Guardo, G ^a   Proietto, U ^a   Di Francesco, C E ^a   Marsilio, F ^a   Zaccaroni, A ^b   Scaravelli, D ^b   Mignone, W ^c   Garibaldi, F ^d   Kennedy, S ^e   Forster, F ^e   Iulini, B ^c   Bozzetta, E ^c   Casalone, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brucella spp; Italy; Morbillivirus; Pathology; Striped dolphins; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DOLPHIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LUNG; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LUNG; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; MORBILLIVIRUS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77953971524     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985809358036     Document Type: Article

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