The sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in British marine mammals

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Dan Forman¹  Nathan West¹  Janet Francis¹  Edward Guy¹ 

[1] ,Swansea University School of the Environment and Society Institute of Environmental SustainabilitySwansea UK

关键词: cetacean;    conservation;    environmental contamination;    protozoa;    toxoplasmosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762009000200024

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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 short-beaked Delphinus delphis and this study presents the first documented case of Toxoplasma in a humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae.

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