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Disseminated toxoplasmosis in a captive porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) from Costa Rica
(American Society fo Parasitologists, 2016)
An adult porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) from the National Zoo, San Jose, Costa Rica, died because of toxoplasmosis involving the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys, Toxoplasma gondii was found in lesions and the diagnosis was ...
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 ...
Mast Cell Tumour in a Giant Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra vicina)
(Elsevier, 2008)
A well-differentiated cutaneous mast cell tumour was diagnosed in a subadult female giant Galapagos tortoise.
The tumour was a pedunculated, verrucose mass located near the base of the neck. The histological features,
which ...
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 ...
A novel host-adapted strain of Salmonella Typhimurium causes renal disease in olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Pacific
(Springer Nature, 2019-06-27)
Salmonella spp. are frequently shed by wildlife including turtles, but S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium or lesions associated with Salmonella are rare in turtles. Between 1996 and 2016, we necropsied 127 ...
Boid inclusion body disease is also a disease of wild Boa Constrictors
(American Society for Microbiology, 2022-09-12)
Reptarenaviruses cause boid inclusion body disease (BIBD), a poten-
tially fatal disease, occurring in captive constrictor snakes boas and pythons
worldwide. Classical BIBD, characterized by the formation of pathognomonic ...
Mortality supposedly due to intoxication by pyrrolizidine alkaloids from heliotropium indicum in a horse population in costa rica: a case report
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2011-11-01)
This article describes a case of massive mortality among horses which was probably due to intoxication by pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium indicum. Over 4 years more than 75% of a population of about 110 horses ...
Isolation and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Costa Rica
(American Society of Parasitologists, 2007)
Toxoplasma gondii infection in marine mammals is of interest because of mortality and mode of transmission. It has been suggested that marine mammals become infected with T. gondii oocysts washed from land to the sea. We ...