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Toxoplasmosis in a free ranging hairy dwarf porcupine ( Sphiggurus spinosus) with a novel genotype
2021-11-03
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Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the ubiquitous coccidia Toxoplasma gondii . Rodents play an important role in maintaining its life cycle, as they are one of the main diet sources for felids (wild and domestic), the unique definitive hosts. However, reports of toxoplasmosis in porcupines (Rodentia Order) are uncommon, with gaps concerning its pathophysiology. South America is the continent with the g...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 73437351-63bd-56a2-b547-4defc14feb4c
- DOI
- 10.22541/au.163590389.97218429/v1