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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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
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spelling ftunivtoronto:oai:localhost:1807/57653 2023-05-15T16:35:53+02:00 The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals Forman, Dan West, Nathan Francis, Janet Guy, Edward 2009-06-18 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 en eng Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 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 Copyright 2009 - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz cetacean - conservation - environmental contamination - protozoa - toxoplasmosis Article 2009 ftunivtoronto 2020-06-17T11:43:07Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae University of Toronto: Research Repository T-Space
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Forman, Dan
West, Nathan
Francis, Janet
Guy, Edward
The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
topic_facet cetacean - conservation - environmental contamination - protozoa - toxoplasmosis
description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Forman, Dan
West, Nathan
Francis, Janet
Guy, Edward
author_facet Forman, Dan
West, Nathan
Francis, Janet
Guy, Edward
author_sort Forman, Dan
title The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_short The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_full The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_fullStr The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_full_unstemmed The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals
title_sort sero-prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in british marine mammals
publisher Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
publishDate 2009
url http://hdl.handle.net/1807/57653
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genre Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
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Megaptera novaeangliae
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