Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging wild small felids from Brazil: Molecular detection and genotypic characterization

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 462-469

  Canon Franco W A ^a,b   Araujo F A P ^b   Lopez Orozco N ^c   Jardim, M M A ^d   Keid, L B ^c   Dalla Rosa, C ^e   Cabral, A D ^c   Pena, H F J ^c   Gennari, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leopardus; Puma; Toxoplasma; Wild felids

Indexed keywords

DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYEBALL; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEART; LEOPARDUS COLOCOLO; LEOPARDUS GEOFFROYI; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; PUMA YAGOUAROUNDI; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TONGUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES; VITREOUS BODY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; ONCIFELIS COLOCOLO; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

BRAZIL; LEOPARDUS; PUMA; TOXOPLASMA; WILD FELIDS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884978136     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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