Reproductive implications of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus ocydromus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 364-368

  Mayberry, Chris ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a   Mitchell, Jeff ^b   Mawson, Peter R ^c   Bencini, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Department of Agriculture and Food ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Kangaroo; Macropus fuliginosus ocydromus; Neospora caninum; Reproductive performance; Toxoplasma gondii; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KANGAROO; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRALIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; NEOSPORA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84902109826     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-03-064     Document Type: Article

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