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Backyard Chicken Flocks Pose a Disease Risk for Neotropic Birds in Costa Rica
(American Association of Avian Pathologists, 2008)
Pathogens of free-ranging chickens create a risk of disease for wild birds, some of which migrate to the United States, as well as potential economic losses for resource-poor farmers. Free-roaming backyard chickens are ...
Comparison of the serum neutralization test and a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies to vesicular stomatitis virus New Jersey and vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana
(AAVLD, 2002-05-01)
A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (C-ELISA) for the detection of antibodies against
vesicular stomatitis virus New Jersey (VSV-NJ) and vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana (VSV-IN) was compared with
the serum ...
Neutralizing antibodies against vesicular stomatitis viruses (serotypes New Jersey and Indiana) in horses in Costa Rica
(AAVLD, 2002-09-01)
Serum samples were collected from domestic horses in 4 different regions of Costa Rica to detect
antibodies against vesicular stomatitis viruses, serotypes New Jersey (VSV-NJ) and Indiana (VSV-IN). A total
of 214 samples ...
Prevalence of Toxocara spp., Toxascaris leonina and ancylostomidae in public parks and beaches in different climate zones of Costa Rica
(Elsevier B.V, 2007-06-19)
This epidemiological study was conducted in different regions of Costa Rica to determine the prevalence of the developmental
stages of potential zoonotic intestinal helminths of dogs and cats in public places. Samples ...
Dynamics of infections with gastrointestinal parasites and Dictyocaulus viviparus in dairy and beef cattle from Costa Rica
(Elsevier B.V, 2007-09-30)
A longitudinal survey was carried out to determine and describe the prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasite
infections and Dictyocaulus viviparus in a dairy and a beef cattle farm of two different ecological ...
Detección de anticuerpos a Neospora caninum en perros de las zonas urbana, peri urbana y rural del valle central de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2006-12-01)
To describe some traits of neosporosis in Costa Rican dogs, a cross sectional study was carried out to determine the presence/absence of N. caninum antibodies. Eighty nine dogs from dairy farms, 65 kennel dogs and 94 from ...
Dictyocaulus viviparus seroprevalence and epidemiology in Costa Rican dairy cattle
(Elsevier B.V, 2008-07-04)
A cross-sectional serological survey of Dictyocaulus viviparus was carried out to determine the prevalence of lungworm infections in 28 dairy cattle farms distributed in five selected areas from Costa Rica. The influence ...
Epidemiología de la artritis encefalitis caprina en hatos caprinos lecheros de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2009)
El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar aspectos epidemiológicos tales como seroprevalencia, incidencia y factores de riesgo asociados a la transmisión del virus de la artritis-encefalitis caprina (CAEV) en hatos caprinos ...
Factors associated with Neospora caninum serostatus in cattle of 20 specialised Costa Rican dairy herds
(Elsevier B.V, 2002-04-15)
Twenty-five specialised Costa Rican dairy farms (located in the Poás area) were used to determine neosporosis seroprevalence and the association of seropositivity with environmental and management factors. The farms involved ...
Serological Status for Chlamydophila psittaci, Newcastle Disease Virus, Avian Polyoma Virus, and Pacheco Disease Virus in Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) Kept in Captivity in Costa Rica
(Blackwell Science, 2002-01-12)
From 1998 to 1999, a total of 128 blood samples were collected from scarlet macaws (Ara macao), kept in captivity in 11 different aviaries located in six provinces of Costa Rica. The sera were examined for antibodies ...