[Toxoplasmosis causing death in a mole (Talpa europaea)].
Pathologic lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii in a juvenile male common mole are described. Main degenerative lesions are localized in liver, heart and lung combined with excessive proliferation of the typical microparasitic cysts. Besides of this a moderate coccidiosis in the mucosa of bile ducts was diagnosed.
Geisel
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Institut für Tierpathologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Breuer
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Minkus
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Hermanns
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D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008971:Moles; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000473:pathology*