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Evaluation of a voluntary control program for the detection of Bovine Leukemia Virus antibodies based on agar gel immunodiffusion test in dairy farms in Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-05-02)
A total of 20 farms were analyzed repeatedly during five years using only the agar gel immunodiffusion
test (AGIDT) as part of a voluntary control program of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV). After
five years of cleaning up ...
Tratamiento de sarcoide equino: reporte de cuatro casos clínicos
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-05-08)
El sarcoide equino es el tumor cutáneo más frecuente en caballos, con presentaciones
y localizaciones variables en la piel. Este artículo tiene como objetivo describir la presentación,
el abordaje y la evolución de cuatro ...
Do shade-grown coffee plantations pose a disease risk for wild birds?
(EcoHealth, 2013-05-02)
Shade-grown coffee plantations are often promoted as a conservation strategy for wild birds. However, these agro-ecosystems are actively managed for food production, which may alter bird behaviors or interactions that could ...
First complete coding sequence of a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Strain Isolated from an Equine Encephalitis case in Costa Rica
(Microbiol Resour Announc, 2019-09-05)
The first complete coding sequence of the Venezuelan equine encepha-
litis virus IE, isolated from a Costa Rican mare with severe encephalitis, was con-
firmed by histological and viral whole-genome analyses. The isolated ...
Seroprevalence and molecular characterization of ferlavirus in captive vipers of Costa Rica
(American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2017-06-01)
Abstract: Ferlaviruses (FV, previously referred to as ophidian paramyxoviruses, OPMV), are enveloped viruses with a negative-strand RNA genome, affecting snakes in captivity worldwide. Infection is characterized by respiratory ...
Caracterización molecular de dos brotes de distemper canino en animales de vida silvestre en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
El virus del distemper canino (CDV), es el causante de una importante enfermedad infecciosa que
afecta perros, cánidos de vida silvestre y otros carnívoros. Es altamente patógeno, pertenece al género
Morbillivirus, familia ...
Reporte de influenza canina en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
Influenza canina causada por H3N8 fue descrita en 2004 en los Estados Unidos en Greyhounds. El
agente etiológico es un mutante del virus de la influenza equina, H3N8. Posteriormente se describieron
casos de influenza ...
Encefalitis arbovirales en caballos de Costa Rica: 2009-2017
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)
El objetivo de esta investigación fue establecer los agentes arbovirales asociados con la presentación de
enfermedades neurológicas en caballos costarricenses en el período 2009-2017.
Leptospira seroprevalence detection and rabies virus absence in an urban raccoon (procyon lotor) population in a highly populated area, Costa Rica
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2019-11-27)
Leptospirosis and rabies are zoonotic diseases of public health importance and endemic diseases in tropical
countries such as Costa Rica. Peridomestic wild animals such as raccoons (Procyon lotor) have been implicated
as ...
Genetic typing of bovine viral diarrhea virus isolates from Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2012-09-16)
Sixteen bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) isolates collected in Costa Rica between 1987 and 2006 from dairy
cattle were analyzed by RT-PCR and determined to belong to BVDV species 1. Furthermore, eleven of these
isolates ...