Four cases of fatal toxoplasmosis in three species of endemic New Zealand birds

Avian Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-175

  Howe, Laryssa ^a   Hunter, Stuart ^a   Burrows, Elizabeth ^a   Roe, Wendi ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

kaka; kereru; kiwi; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; PARROT; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRD; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; NEW ZEALAND; PALAEOGNATHAE; PARROTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRDS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84896335811     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10625-080413-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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