Antibodies to toxoplasma gondii and neospora caninum in captive neotropical and exotic wild canids and felids

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1007-1009

  Andre M R ^a   Adania, C H ^b   Teixeira, R H F ^c   Silva, K F ^a   Jusi, M M G ^a   MacHado, S T Z ^a   De Bortolli, C P ^a   Falcade, M ^d   Sousa, L ^e   Alegretti, S M ^f   Felippe, P A N ^g   MacHado, R Z ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Associacao Mata Ciliar   (Brazil)

^c Zoológico de Sorocaba   (Brazil)

^d Zoológico de Americana   (Brazil)

^e Zoológico de Ilha Solteira   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^g Zoológico de Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BLOOD; CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; CARNIVORE; FELID; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTOZOAN; WILD POPULATION; ZOO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARNIVORE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; COCCIDIOSIS; FELIDAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; COCCIDIOSIS; FELIDAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; FELIDAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SPEOTHOS VENATICUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77958176794     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2502.1     Document Type: Article

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