title: Toxoplasmosis May Lead to Road Kills of Persian Leopards ( Panthera pardus saxicolor) in Golestan National Park, Iran.
abstract: Three Persian leopards ( Panthera pardus saxicolor) that died from car accidents in Golestan National Park, Iran, were tested for Toxoplasma gondii and rabies virus infection. Acute T. gondii infection was diagnosed in two Persian leopards; no rabies virus was detected. Acute toxoplasmosis may be a factor in Persian leopard road kills.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Sciences, Golestan, Gorgan 0094, Iran;
authors.forename: Somayeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namroodi
authors.affiliation: 2 WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Rabies, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 0094, Iran;
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gholami
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Tarbyat Modarres, Tehran 0094, Iran;
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shariat-Bahadori
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000818:Animals; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D046009:Panthera; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*