1.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 104(2): 296-8, 2009 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19430656
ABSTRACT
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.
Subject(s)
Antibodies, Protozoan/blood , Cetacea/parasitology , Toxoplasma/isolation & purification , Toxoplasmosis, Animal/epidemiology , Animals , Blotting, Western/veterinary , England/epidemiology , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect/veterinary , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Toxoplasmosis, Animal/diagnosis
2.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 104(2): 296-298, Mar. 2009. tab, ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-533520
ABSTRACT
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.