TOXOPLASMOSIS AS A SUSPECTED CAUSE OF ABORTION IN A GREENLAND MUSKOX (OVIBOS MOSHATUS WARDI)

Authors :: Graham C. Crawford
J. P. Dubey
Freeland Dunker
Source :: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 31:247-250
Publication Year :: 2000
Publisher :: American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2000.
Abstract: Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites were seen in the placenta of a late-term aborted Greenland muskox (Ovibos moschatus wardi) fetus in a captive herd at the San Francisco Zoo. The organism stained with anti-T. gondii polyclonal rabbit serum but not with anti-Neospora caninum serum. The dam had a Toxoplasma titer of > or =1:3,200 at the time of abortion and in each of the previous 3 yr (modified agglutination test). The muskox is a new host record for T. gondii.

ISSN :: 10427260
Volume :: 31
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....1c1878bbada7270d87f4d6001b8fd66d
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0247:taasco]2.0.co;2

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