Toxoplasmosis in Sand cats (Felis margarita) and other animals in the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in the United Arab Emirates and Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, the State of Qatar

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Dubey, J P ^a   Pas, An ^b   Rajendran, C ^a   Kwok, O C H ^a   Ferreira, L R ^a   Martins, J ^a   Hebel, C ^c   Hammer, S ^c   Su, C ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fatal; Felis margarita; Genotype; Qatar; Sand cat; Toxoplasma gondii; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FELIS MARGARITA; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QATAR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; QATAR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS MARGARITA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956012943     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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