The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals

Serum samples from 101 stranded or bycatch cetaceans from British waters were screened for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test. Relatively high seropositivity was recorded in short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxopl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Forman,Dan, West,Nathan, Francis,Janet, Guy,Edward
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009
Subjects:
cetacean
conservation
environmental contamination
protozoa
toxoplasmosis
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000200024
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Summary:Serum samples from 101 stranded or bycatch cetaceans from British waters were screened for Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies using the Sabin Feldman Dye Test. Relatively high seropositivity was recorded in short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae.

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