| leishmania infantum infection in two captive barbary lions (panthera leo leo). | a female barbary lion (panthera leo leo) from the montpellier zoological park (france) showing colitis, epistaxis, and lameness with pad ulcers was positive by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for leishmania infantum. further indirect immunofluorescence (ifat) tests on the banked sera from all lions of the park detected another infected but asymptomatic female, which was confirmed by pcr on ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (edta) blood sample. leishmania infantum zymodeme mon-1 was cultured from e ... | 2012 | 23082544 |