Dear collegues,
we're pleased to announce the following recent publication in BMC
Veterinary Research reguarding the first case of co-infection of
Dolphin Morbillivirus and Toxoplasma gondii in a Mediterranean fin
whale (Balenoptera physalus) stranded on January 26th, 2011 along
Tuscany coastline (Italy). Another fin whale positive to
morbillivirus stranded in october 2011 in Sardinia.
Mazzariol S., Marcer F., Mignone W., Serracca L., Goria M., Marsili L., Di Guardo G. and Casalone C (2012). Dolphin
Morbillivirus and Toxoplasma gondii coinfection in a
Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). BMC
Veterinary Research 8:20.
The abstract and provisional pdf could be found at the following
address.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/8/20/abstract
For any comment or question, please don't exitate to contact me
(sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it)
Best regards
Sandro Mazzariol
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Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD
Dept. of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (BCA)
University of Padova
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