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Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 346-352, June 2023., 2023 Abstract A 6‐year‐old female spayed Jack Russell Terrier was evaluated for episodic seizure‐like activity and intermittent obtundation over the previous 3 weeks. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed mild generalized dilation of the ventricular system with periventricular edema.
Giulia Corsini +4 more
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Diet of a threatened rattlesnake (eastern massasauga) revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023 We applied a DNA metabarcoding approach to study the diet of the threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus). We identified at least 12 different prey species, with eastern massasaugas exhibiting opportunistic feeding and a strong preference towards small mammals.
Alyssa Swinehart +5 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023 Wildlife trade is a multibillion‐dollar industry and is also largely fueled by the demand for exotic pets. We document, in Japan, the recent exotic pet café phenomenon, and recorded 3793 individuals belonging to 419 different species present in these cafés including many threatened species and several Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...
Marie Sigaud +2 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page 2867-2878, September 2022., 2022 Abstract In northern Illinois, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was first identified in free‐ranging white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus; hereafter referred to as “deer”) in 2002. To reduce CWD transmission rates in Illinois, wildlife biologists have conducted locally focussed culling of deer since 2003 in areas where CWD has been detected.
Csaba Varga +6 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Members of the genus Baylisascaris utilize omnivores or carnivores as their definitive hosts. The best known member of this genus is Baylisascaris procyonis, which is an intestinal parasite of raccoons. The closest relative of B.
Youna Choi +4 more
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Backyard Raccoon Latrines and Risk for Baylisascaris procyonis Transmission to Humans [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Kristen Page +7 more
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Baylisascaris procyonis in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Eastern Tennessee [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2009 Raccoon (Procyon lotor) carcasses (n=118) were collected from July through December 2007 throughout eastern Tennessee. Necropsies were performed, and Baylisascaris procyonis was collected from the gastrointestinal tract of infected carcasses. Prevalence rates were determined for the overall sample population, males and females, and adults and juveniles.
Marcy J, Souza +3 more
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Migration of Baylisascaris procyonis into the vitreous [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) is a clinical syndrome first described by Gass and associates in 1978, characterised early by visual loss, vitritis, papillitis, and recurrent crops of grey-white retinal lesions and later by progressive visual loss, optic atrophy, retinal vessel narrowing, and diffuse retinal pigment epithelial ...
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Baylisascaris procyonis in wild raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Denmark [PDF]
Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2015 The nematode Baylisascaris procyonis, which may cause severe clinical disease in humans and animals, is emerging in Europe after its introduction with raccoons (Procyon lotor) from North America. B. procyonis has a broad spectrum of paratenic hosts, including rodents, birds, wild carnivores and primates, which are severely affected by the migrating ...
Al-Sabi, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman +3 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018 Larval Baylisascaris nematodes (L3), resulting from transuterine infection and neural migration, were discovered in the cerebrum of sibling moose calves (Alces alces gigas) near 1–3 days in age from Alaska. We provide the first definitive identification,
Eric P. Hoberg +4 more
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