Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in captive wild mammals and birds in Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 572-574

  Minervino, Antonio Humberto Hamad ^a   Soares, Herbert Sousa ^a   Barrêto Júnior, Raimundo Alves ^b   Neves, Kedson Alessandri Lobo ^c   De Jesus Pena, Hilda Fátima ^a   Ortolani, Enrico Lippi ^a   Dubey, Jitender Prakash ^d   Gennari, Solange Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^c FIT   (Brazil)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian wildlife; modified agglutination test; seroprevalence; Tapirus terrestris; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; IMMUNOLOGY; MAMMAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; MAMMALS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77956463452     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0046.1     Document Type: Article

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