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GENOTYPE IDENTIFICATION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN MACROPODS FROM A ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN FLORIDA, USA.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians - 17 Mar 2020
Spriggs Maria, Jiang Tiantian, Gerhold Richard, Stedman Nancy, López-Orozco Natalia, Su Chunlei
Abstract excerpt
There are limited reports of the genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii infecting captive macropods in North America. A novel genotype, ToxoDB PCR-RFLP genotype 263, was reported from six wallabies at a zoological facility in Virginia, USA, prompting an investigation into the genotypes from T. gondii strains infecting macropods at a zoological park in Florida, USA. Cardiac muscle and/or lung samples from...
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