Mouse pathogenicity of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from a goat.
Characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii (strain GT-1) isolated from skeletal muscle of a goat are described. One oocyst, bradyzoite, or tachyzoite of GT-1 strain was lethal to mice. Toxoplasma tachyzoites were found in the peritoneal exudates and in the lungs 9 to 34 days after infection in mice inoculated intraperitoneally with tissues infected with strain GT-1.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology*; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*