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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 ... -
Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) species composition in ovitraps from a Mesoamerican Tropical Montane Cloud Forest
(Oxford University Press, 2018-08-20)Knowledge about mosquito species diversity at tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs) in Mesoamerica is scarce. Here, we present data on mosquito species richness from samples biweekly collected, from January to December 2017, ... -
Mosquito biodiversity patterns around urban environments in South-central okinawa island, Japan
(The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc., 2014)Okinawa is the largest, most urbanized, and densely populated island in the Ryukyus Archipelago, where mosquito species diversity has been thoroughly studied. However, the south-central Okinawa mosquito fauna has been ... -
Mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity from ovitraps in a Mesoamerican Tropical Rainforest
(Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America, 2018-01-30)Mosquito sampling using efficient traps that can assess species diversity and/or presence of dominant vectors is important for understanding the entomological risk of mosquito-borne disease transmission. Here, we ... -
Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) Persistence and Synchrony Across an Urban Altitudinal Gradient
(Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America, 2016)Patterns of mosquito spatial persistence and temporal presence, as well as synchrony, i.e., the degree of concerted fluctuations in abundance, have been scarcely studied at finely grained spatial scales and over altitudinal ... -
Multidrug-resistant Clostridium Difficile Ribotypes 078 and 014/5-FLI01 in Piglets From Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2018-11-08)Though an overlap of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes (RT) in humans and animals has been noted -particularly in piglets-information regarding C. difficile isolates from swine is scarce in Latin America. A characterization ... -
Multidrug-Resistant CTX-M and CMY-2 producing Escherichia coli Isolated from healthy household dogs from the great metropolitan area, Costa Rica
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2020)Objective:This study aimed to determine the prevalence of fecal carriage of antibiotic-resistantEscherichia coliof healthy household dogs with an emphasis on extended-spectrumb-lactamases (ESBL), AmpC-typeb-lactamases ... -
Murciélagos generalistas de Costa Rica: descripción de aspectos macroambientales en sitios de captura, características de hospedero y caracterización molecular de hemoflagelados de Leishmania spp. y Trypanosoma spp.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017)Los murciélagos son un grupo de mamíferos con gran diversidad, que juegan un papel muy importante en los procesos ecológicos de los bosques tropicales. A pesar de ello, actualmente se encuentran amenazados por la ... -
Murciélagos generalistas de Costa Rica: descripción macro- ambiental de sitios de captura, características del hospedero y caracterización molecular de Leishmania spp. y Trypanosoma spp.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-08)Los murciélagos constituyen uno de los grupos de mamíferos más beneficiosos para los ecosistemas ya que contribuyen con la dispersión de semillas, polinización de plantas y control de insectos plaga. En otros países se ... -
MyD88, but not Toll-Like receptors 4 and 2, Is required for efficient clearance of Brucella abortus
(American Society for Microbiology, 2005-08)It is not clear how the host initially recognizes and responds to infection by gram-negative pathogenic Brucella spp. It was previously shown (D. S. Weiss, B. Raupach, K. Takeda, S. Akira, and A. Zychlinsky, J. Immunol. ... -
N-formyl-perosamine surface homopolysaccharides hinder the recognition of Brucella abortus by mouse neutrophils
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2016-06)Brucella abortus is an intracellular pathogen of monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and placental trophoblasts. This bacterium causes a chronic disease in bovines and in humans. In these hosts, the bacterium also ... -
Naegleria fowleri-associated encephalitis in a cow from Costa Rica
(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. ... -
Nanofracturing: a new technique for bone marrow stimulation in equine cartilage repair
(Pferdeheilkunde, 2020-02-10)Microfracture is the current standard in treatment of focal full-thickness cartilage lesions in horses, but clinical outcome may vary. Nanofracture is a novel technique that uses a commercially developed device to yield ... -
Nasal rhinosporidiosis in a mule
(Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 2007-03)A mass was removed from the nostril of a mule that exhibited unilateral epistaxis and nasal discharge. Impression smears revealed oval structures consistent with spores of Rhinosporidium seeberi. Microscopically, the mass ... -
National Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2020-06-02)Eastern equine encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalitis are endemic neglected tropical diseases in the Americas, causing encephalitis in both horses and humans. In 2013, a cross-sectional study was performed in ... -
Natural resistance of bovine animals to micrurus nigrocinctus venom
(Elsevier, 1975-11)We Report in this paper on the in vivo resistance of bovine animals to the venom of the elapid Micrttrus nigrocinctas, the most prevalent coral snake in Costa Rica (TAYLOR et al., 1974). Apreliminary report has been published ... -
Neospara caninum
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-09-05)El objetivo de este vídeo es presentar una breve explicación sobre la neosporosis, enfermedad de origen parasitario y su afección en los animales. Se indican sus consecuencias y alteraciones, formas de transmisión, control, ... -
NEOSPOROSIS
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2024-05)La neosporosis es causada por el parásito Neospora caninum. Este es un coccidio intracelular obligado, cuya infección puede darse por vía oral, transplacentaria o transmamaria. En animales sintomáticos es común encontrar ... -
Neotropical bats from Costa Rica harbour diverse coronaviruses
(Blackwell, 2015)Bats are hosts of diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) known to potentially cross the host–species barrier. For analysing coronavirus diversity in a bat species-rich country, a total of 421 anal swabs/faecal samples from Costa ... -
Neotropical bats that co-habit with humans function as dead-end hosts for dengue virus
(Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2017-05-18)Several studies have shown Dengue Virus (DENV) nucleic acids and/or antibodies present in Neotropical wildlife including bats, suggesting that some bat species may be susceptible to DENV infection. Here we aim to elucidate ...