Neosporosis in an aborted southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) fetus

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 725-728

  Sangster, Cheryl ^a   Bryant, Benn ^b   Campbell Ward, Michelle ^b   King, Jessica S ^c   Šlapeta, Jan ^c  

^a Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

^b Western Plains Zoo   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

genotyping; internal transcribed spacer 1; Neospora caninum; pathology; Protozoal abortion; Rhinocerotidae

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIVER; MALE; NEOSPORA; PERISSODACTYLA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 78650094395     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0250.1     Document Type: Article

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