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 shortbeaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxopla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Forman, Dan, West, Nathan, Francis, Janet, Guy, Edward
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 2009
Subjects:
cetacean - conservation - environmental contamination - protozoa - toxoplasmosis
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/57653
http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=oc09047
http://www.bioline.org.br/oc
http://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br
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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 shortbeaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae.

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