title: Systemic infection with an unidentified Toxoplasma-like protozoan in a neonatal Lichtenstein's hartebeest (Sigmoceros lichtensteinii).
abstract: An unidentified Toxoplasma gondii-like disseminated infection was found in tissues of a 2-day-old hartebeest. Protozoal tachyzoites were about 3.5 x 1.7 Microns, had electron-dense rhoptries, and divided by endodyogeny. The organism did not stain with polyclonol antibodies to T. gondii, Neospora caninum, or Sarcocystis cruzi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jardine
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000469:parasitology*; D000866:Antelopes / Q000469:parasitology*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D018688:Neospora / Q000276:immunology; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000276:immunology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan