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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
2009
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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 |
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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