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Arboviral encephalitis in Costa Rican horses: 2009-2016
(Elsevier, 2016)
Arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus and Flavivirus
can cause febrile illness and sometimes neurological disease
in both humans and animals. West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern
Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), Western Equine ...
Underwater diseases... A silent threat: fungal infections in octocorals
(WDA Latin America, 2017-07)
Research on wildlife diseases is a challenge that
goes from determining a significant sample size to
choosing the sampling site and then confronting the
particularities of field work and the studied species.
The challenge ...
Francisella sp., an emerging pathogen of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), in Costa Rica
(Blackwell, 2009)
Francisella sp. is an emergent bacterial pathogen that
causes acute to chronic disease in warm and cold
water cultured and wild fish species. During the past
3 years, the bacterium has been detected in tilapia,
Oreochromis ...
Biologic and genetic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in free-range chickens from Costa Rica, Central America
(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 ...
Isolation of toxoplasma gondii from the keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica
(American Society of Parasitologists, 2009-04-01)
Pectoral muscles from a captive keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) from Costa Rica were fed to a Toxoplasma gondii– free cat, and the cat shed oocysts. Laboratory mice fed these oocysts developed antibodies to T. ...
Spirorchiidiosis (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) and lesions associated with parasites in Caribbean green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
(British Veterinary Association, 2015)
Forty-seven nesting green turtles (Chelonia mydas) were examined for parasitic pathogens. Four species
of cardiovascular flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae), Learedius learedi, Hapalotrema postorchis, Monticellius
indicum ...