International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeToxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis spp. are globally distributed coccidian parasites infecting endothermic vertebrates. Toxoplasma gondii is zoonotic, with widespread global prevalence in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Kyle M. Shanebeck +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2018 The main motivation for this study was to determine the occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii, a cosmopolitan widespread zoonotic parasite distribution that can infect a wide variety of mammals and birds, in Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) in ...
Igor Cunha Lima Acosta +5 more
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EQUINE PROTOZOAL MYELOENCEPHALITIS: INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND ASSESSMENT OF AN EQUINE INFECTION METHOD [PDF]
, 2013 Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a progressive neurological disease of horses caused by Sarcocystis neurona. Two projects were conducted to identify factors involved in the development of EPM.
Gaubatz, Breanna M.
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Current and New Perspectives on Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis Therapeutics [PDF]
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an important neurologic disease of horses in the Americas. It is caused by the apicomplexan parasite Sarcocystis neurona and less commonly by the related parasite Neospora hughesi.
de Assis Rocha, Izabela
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Seroepidemiology of \u3cem\u3eSarcocystis neurona\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eNeospora hughesi\u3c/em\u3e Infections in Domestic Donkeys (\u3cem\u3eEquus asinus\u3c/em\u3e) in Durango, Mexico [PDF]
, 2017 There is currently no information regarding Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora hughesi infections in donkeys in Mexico. Here, we determined the presence of antibodies against S. neurona and N.
Alvarado-Esquivel, Cosme +5 more
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Differential expression of host invasion-associated genes by Sarcocystis calchasi in intermediate versus definitive hosts [PDF]
Sarcocystis calchasi is a pathogenic apicomplexan parasite affecting avian species of several orders. To complete its heteroxenous life cycle, S. calchasi infects a wide range of avian intermediate hosts and accipitriform raptors serve as definitive ...
Gruber, Achim D. +8 more
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ANALYSIS OF HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSES IN HORSES WITH EQUINE PROTOZOAL MYELOENCEPHALITIS [PDF]
, 2017 Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), caused by the protozoan parasite Sarcocystis neurona, is one of the most important neurological diseases of horses in the Americas. While seroprevalence of S.
Angwin, Catherine-Jane
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Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias, 2014 Este estudo visa avaliar a ocorrência de Mieloencefalite Protozoária Equina (MEP) nas regiões da Campanha e do sul do Rio Grande do Sul. Foram atendidos no Hospital de Clínicas Veterinárias da UFPel no período de 1998-2006, 61 cavalos demonstrando ...
Luciana Araujo Lins +2 more
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Molecular detection of Sarcocystis lutrae in the European badger (Meles meles) in Scotland [PDF]
, 2017 A. I. MACRAE +8 more
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Wider than Thought Phylogenetic Occurrence of Apicortin, A Characteristic Protein of Apicomplexan Parasites [PDF]
, 2016 Orosz, Ferenc
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