Neosporosis in a Captive Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma)

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 146, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 274-277

  Cronstedt Fell, A ^a   Richter, B ^a   Voracek, T ^b   Kubber Heiss A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Tierärztliche Ordination Tiergarten Schönbrunn ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Macropod; Marsupial; Neospora caninum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPUS PARMA; MARSUPIAL; MYOCARDITIS; NECROTIZING MYOCARDITIS; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARMA WALLABY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; MACROPODIDAE; NEOSPORA;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS PARMA; METATHERIA; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84858621462     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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