Disseminated Protothecosis in a Cape Hyrax (<i>Procavis capensis</i>)
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Toxoplasmosis in the Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus and the Cape Hyrax, Procavis capensis in Japan
Received: Revised: Accepted: January 21, 2013 April 23, 2013 May 05, 2013 Toxoplasmosis was investigated in an eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus, and four cape hyraxes, Procavia capensis, in a Japanese zoo. Clinically, the kangaroo showed neurological signs, emaciation, diarrhea, elevated AST and CK, and subjected to coma before death. One young cape hyrax had severe anorexia, while the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1342-6133,2185-744X
DOI: 10.5686/jjzwm.8.121