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    • Biologic and genetic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Costa Rica, Central America 

      Dubey, J.P.; Su, C.; Vindas Bolaños, Rafael; Sundar, N; Kwok, O.C.; Shen, S.K.; Morales, Juan Alberto; De Oliveira, Jaqueline (Elsevier B.V, 2006-02-23)
      The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging chickens is a good indicator of the prevalence of T. gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. The prevalence of T. gondii in 144 free-range ...
    • Fecal and serological survey of Neospora caninum in farm dogs in Costa Rica 

      Hill, D. E.; Dubey, J.P.; Palavicini, Paola; ROMERO-ZUÑIGA, JUAN JOSÉ; Dolz, Gaby; Jiménez Rocha, Ana Eugenia (Elsevier B.V, 2017-11-10)
      To detect oocysts of Neospora caninum in dog feces and to determine the excretion pattern in dogs from specialized dairy farms in Costa Rica, a total of 265 fecal samples from 34 dogs were collected at intervals from ...
    • Naegleria fowleri-associated encephalitis in a cow from Costa Rica 

      Morales, Juan A.; Chaves Hernández, Aida J.; Visvesvara, G.S.; Dubey, J.P. (Elsevier, 2006)
      Species of Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, and Balamuthia are soil amoebae that can cause encephalitis in animals and humans. Of these, Naegleria fowleri is the cause of often fatal primary meningoencephalitis in humans. N. ...