An atypical genotype of Toxoplasma gondii as a cause of mortality in Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Roe, W D ^a   Howe, L ^a   Baker, E J ^b   Burrows, L ^a   Hunter, S A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Hector's dolphin; Mortality; Oocysts; Protozoan; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN; CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; METRITIS; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UTERUS; ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASON; TOXOPLASMA; VETERINARY;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI; CETACEA; MORBILLIVIRUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOLPHINS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEASONS; STOMACH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UTERUS;

EID: 84871678718     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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