Publications
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| heterobilharzia americana infection in a dog. | a 7-year-old castrated male golden retriever cross was evaluated because of intermittent blood-tinged diarrhea, severe weight loss, anorexia, and lethargy of 2 months' duration; the dog was unresponsive to antimicrobial and standard anthelmintic treatment. results of fecal flotations for parasite ova were negative. alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase activities and total protein and globulin conentrations were greater than reference ranges. biopsy speci ... | 2002 | 12126129 |
| in vivo labeling of rabbit cholinergic basal forebrain neurons with fluorochromated antibodies. | cholinergic basal forebrain neurons (cbfn) expressing the low-affinity neurotrophin receptor p75 (p75(ntr)) were previously selectively labeled in vivo with carbocyanine 3 (cy3)-tagged anti-p75(ntr), but the applied 192igg-conjugates recognized p75(ntr) only in rat. the antibody me 20.4 raised against human p75(ntr) had been shown to cross-react with the receptor in monkey, raccoon, sheep, cat, dog, pig and rabbit. hence, for in vivo labeling of rabbit cbfn in the present study, me 20.4 was fluo ... | 2002 | 12167760 |
| [feeding habits of raccoon (procyon lotor) (carnivora: procyonidae) in a coastal, tropical wet forest of costa rica]. | raccoon (procyon lotor) food habits were studied at manuel antonio national park, a tropical rain forest in the pacific coast of costa rica from may to december 1987, from september to december 1989 and from january to april 1990. a 134 feces sample size was used to assess the most important items in raccoon diet: two crab species (gecarcinus quadratus and cardisoma crassum) with a relative frequency of 0.94 in the rainy season of 1987, 0.76 in the rainy season of 1989 and 0.65 in the dry season ... | 2016 | 12189801 |
| public health impact of reemergence of rabies, new york. | this report summarizes the spread of a raccoon rabies epizootic into new york in the 1990s, the species of animals affected, and human postexposure treatments (pet). a total of 57,008 specimens were submitted to the state laboratory from 1993 to 1998; 8,858 (16%) animals were confirmed rabid, with raccoons the most common species (75%). after exposure to 11,769 animals, 18,238 (45%) persons received pet, mostly because of contact with saliva or nervous tissue. we analyzed expenditure reports to ... | 2002 | 12194765 |
| raccoon (procyon lotor) as a bioindicator of mercury contamination at the u.s. department of energy's savannah river site. | raccoons (n = 95) were collected from the u.s. department of energy's savannah river site (srs) and from public hunting areas. raccoons were collected near a stream drainage system (steel creek delta) and a former reactor-cooling reservoir (pond b) that received inputs of mercury-contaminated savannah river water. mercury concentrations were determined for hair, liver, kidney, muscle, and spleen tissues. samples were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (icp-ms) and cold v ... | 2002 | 12202933 |
| dirofilaria repens presenting as a premasseteric nodule. | dirofilariasis is a rare zoonosis that is mainly seen with subcutaneous or pulmonary involvement. natural hosts are dogs, cats, jackals, and raccoons; however, humans can rarely become an accidental host for the parasite. in the reported case, infection manifested as a subcutaneous nodule, representing a significant diagnostic challenge for both the surgeon and the pathologist. a case of a 62-year-old man with a premasseteric soft tissue mass caused by dirofilaria repens is presented with histop ... | 2002 | 12221389 |
| effects of temporary deafferentation on raccoon post-synaptic dorsal column neurons. | the effects of temporary deafferentation were studied in 54 post-synaptic dorsal column (psdc) neurons in the cervical spinal cord of the raccoon. deafferentation was induced by the injection of lidocaine into the base of the digit containing the receptive field of the neuron. these neurons all had receptive fields on a single digit of the forepaw and in no case did a new receptive field appear following lidocaine injection. high intensity electrical stimulation of an off-focus digit (adjacent t ... | 2002 | 12231249 |
| sequence comparison of the dopamine receptor d4 exon iii repetitive region in several species of the order carnivora. | it was previously demonstrated that the dog dopamine receptor d4 (drd4) gene is polymorphic in terms of the repeat number and/or order of 39- and 12-bp sequences located in the third exon. to examine whether or not the repetitive region is present in other species of the order carnivora, the homologous region of drd4 genes were sequenced in the gray wolf, raccoon dog, asiatic black bear, common raccoon and domestic cat. in the family canidae, the wolf had an identical sequence to that of the dog ... | 2002 | 12237526 |
| neural larva migrans caused by the raccoon roundworm baylisascaris procyonis. | baylisascaris procyonis, the common raccoon roundworm, is a rare cause of devastating or fatal neural larva migrans in infants and young children. we describe the clinical features of two children from suburban chicago who developed severe, nonfatal b. procyonis neural larva migrans. despite treatment with albendazole and high dose corticosteroids, both patients are neurologically devastated. in many regions of north america, large populations of raccoons with high rates of endemic b. procyonis ... | 2002 | 12394823 |
| raccoon parasite an emerging health concern. | 2002 | 12413355 | |
| estimating the incubation period of raccoon rabies: a time-space clustering approach. | we used a time-space clustering approach to estimate the incubation period of raccoon rabies in the wild using data from the 1999-2001 invasion of raccoon rabies into eastern ontario from northern new york state. the time differences and geographical distances between all possible pairs of rabies cases were computed, classified and assembled into a time-space matrix. the rows of that matrix represented differences in cases in weeks and the columns represent distances between cases in kilometers ... | 2002 | 12419602 |
| amplification of trypanosoma cruzi-specific dna sequences in formalin-fixed raccoon tissues using polymerase chain reaction. | this investigation applied polymerase chain reaction (pcr) using 3 sets of trypanosoma cruzi-specific primers to amplify dna from 31 archived formalin-fixed and fresh-frozen raccoon hearts. pcr successfully amplified t. cruzi-specific sequences, with at least 1 primer set, from multiple sites within the myocardium of formalin-fixed and fresh-frozen raccoon hearts that had previously tested positive using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect immunofluorescent antibody titer in the absen ... | 2002 | 12435142 |
| prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to sarcocystis neurona in skunks (mephitis mephitis), raccoons (procyon lotor), and opossums (didelphis virginiana) from connecticut. | equine protozoal myeloencephalitis is the most important protozoan disease of horses in north america and is usually caused by sarcocystis neurona. natural cases of encephalitis caused by s. neurona have been reported in skunks (mephitis mephitis) and raccoons (procyon lotor). opossums (didelphis spp.) are the only known definitive host. sera from 24 striped skunks, 12 raccoons, and 7 opossums (d. virginiana) from connecticut were examined for agglutinating antibodies to s. neurona using the s. ... | 2002 | 12435152 |
| canine 5s rrna: nucleotide sequence and chromosomal assignment of its gene cluster in four canid species. | the purpose of this study was to determine the nucleotide sequence of canine 5s rrna and use this information to develop a molecular probe to assign the gene locus to chromosomes of the dog and three other related canid species using fluorescence in situ hybridization. the nucleotide sequence of canine liver 5s rrna is 120 base pairs long and identical to the 5s rrna nucleotide sequence of all other mammalian species investigated so far. a single 5s rrna gene cluster was localized pericentromeri ... | 2002 | 12438712 |
| use of rapd technique in evolution studies of four species in the family canidae. | the rapd-pcr technique was applied to identify genetic markers able to distinguish between four canid species: the arctic fox (alopex lagopus), red fox (vulpes vulpes), chinese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides) and six breeds of the domestic dog (canis familiaris). a total of 29 ten-nucleotide arbitrary primers were screened for their potential use in the differentiation of these species. ten primers amplified rapd profiles that made it possible to distinguish between the inves ... | 2002 | 12441633 |
| postsynaptic dorsal column and cuneate correlations in the raccoon: a re-evaluation by parallel-cascade analysis. | in a previous study, we reported evidence for correlations between the firing of postsynaptic dorsal column (psdc) neurons and cuneate neurons with overlapping receptive fields on the glabrous skin of the raccoon forepaw. the evidence was based on cross-correlation and frequency response analyses of spontaneously firing neurons. however, cross-correlation without white noise gaussian analog inputs or poisson distributed pulse train inputs is difficult to interpret because of the inherent convolu ... | 2002 | 12466453 |
| survival and immunization of raccoons after exposure to pseudorabies (aujeszky's disease) virus gene-deleted vaccines. | in a controlled experiment, 16 wild-trapped raccoons were exposed to 1 of 2 genetically modified live pseudorabies virus (prv) vaccines used in swine. one vaccine had genes deleted for thymidine kinase (tk(-)) and glycoprotein g (gg(-)); the other had an additional deletion for glycoprotein e (ge(-)). these vaccines were administered orally and intranasally at four dose levels: 10(3), 10(4), 10(5), and 10(6) tcid(50). the 21 days survival rate was 37.5% for the gg(-)tk(-) vaccine; all of the sur ... | 2003 | 12488067 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 2001. | during 2001, 49 states and puerto rico reported 7,437 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 1 case in a human being to the centers for disease control and prevention, an increase of < 1% from 7,364 cases in nonhuman animals and 5 human cases reported in 2000. more than 93% (6,939 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 6.7% (497 cases) were in domestic species (compared with 93.0% in wild animals and 6.9% in domestic species in 2000). the number of cases reported in 2001 increased among bats, cat ... | 2002 | 12494966 |
| [epizootic characteristic of rabies today]. | during the 23 year period rabies was registered in the moscow region in 163 cases among foxes, 22 cases among racoon-like dogs, 92 cases among dogs, 54 cases among cats. in 1991-2000 ten cases of rabies were registered among other wild animal other than foxes and raccoon-like dogs (hares, hedge-hogs, polecats, badgers, hamsters, martens, rats). under today conditions the generalized epizootological pattern of rabies is characterized by the vector "natural foci-->anthropurgic foci" with wild and ... | 2002 | 12524995 |
| normal conjunctival flora in the north american opossum (didelphis virginiana) and raccoon (procyon lotor). | we documented the normal conjunctival bacterial flora from 17 opossums (didelphis virginiana) and 10 raccoons (procyon lotor) trapped in manhattan, kansas (usa) from november 1999 to january 2000. both raccoons and opossums were free of apparent ocular disease. the inferior conjunctival sacs of each animal were swabbed for aerobic bacterial and mycoplasma culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for mycoplasma and chlamydia detection. all conjunctival samples were positive for one or more spe ... | 2002 | 12528457 |
| reproduction of the raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides) after feeding or food deprivation in winter. | the wild raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides, canidae, carnivora) goes through autumn fattening followed by winter sleep. farmed raccoon dogs also exhibit autumn fattening but not winter sleep, as a result of daily feeding and lack of nests. we studied the effects of food deprivation and winter sleep or active winter feeding on the physiology and reproduction of farm-born raccoon dogs. eighty-six animals were put on a 2-month fast in november-december. the fast caused no deleterious effects on ... | 2002 | 12534829 |
| life cycle of sarcocystis neurona in its natural intermediate host, the raccoon, procyon lotor. | sarcocystis neurona causes encephalomyelitis in many species of mammals and is the most important cause of neurologic disease in the horse. its complete life cycle is unknown, particularly its development and localization in the intermediate host. recently, the raccoon (procyon lotor) was recognized as a natural intermediate host of s. neurona. in the present study, migration and development of s. neurona was studied in 10 raccoons that were fed s. neurona sporocysts from experimentally infected ... | 2002 | 12537110 |
| biological and molecular characterization of a raccoon isolate of trypanosoma cruzi from south carolina. | biological and molecular characteristics of a raccoon isolate of trypanosoma cruzi (r36) were compared with those of a known virulent strain (brazil). included in the characterization were growth rate in liver infusion tryptose medium, infectivity for murine fibroblasts, intracellular amastigote replication and trypomastigote release rates, polymerase chain reaction (pcr) profiling of the mini-exon gene, isoenzyme and random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) profiles, and in vivo virulence for c3 ... | 2002 | 12537130 |
| environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls among raccoons (procyon lotor) at the paducah gaseous diffusion plant, western kentucky, usa. | an investigation involving raccoons (procyon lotor) as a sentinel species at the paducah gaseous diffusion plant (pgdp) in western kentucky (usa) delineated the extent of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and pcb spatial distribution. raccoon exposure to pcbs was demonstrated through analysis of subcutaneous fat, abdominal fat, liver, and brain tissues from raccoons collected at the pgdp but also was clearly evident in raccoons from a reference area situated along the ohio river (usa) ... | 2003 | 12558174 |
| environmental polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and cytochromes p450 in raccoons (procyon lotor). | an investigation involving raccoons as a sentinel species at the paducah gaseous diffusion plant (pgdp) and ballard wildlife management area in western kentucky (usa) delineated the extent of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs). three separate measures of hepatic cytochrome p450 (cyp) induction were used to evaluate raccoon physiological responses to pcb exposure. hepatic cyp induction was estimated via determination of total cyp, dealkylase activities, and immunoreactive proteins. ther ... | 2003 | 12558175 |
| recombinant raccoon pox vaccine protects mice against lethal plague. | using a raccoon poxvirus (rcn) expression system, we have developed new recombinant vaccines that can protect mice against lethal plague infection. we tested the effects of a translation enhancer (emcv-ires) in combination with a secretory (tpa) signal or secretory (tpa) and membrane anchoring (chv-gg) signals on in vitro antigen expression of f1 antigen in tissue culture and the induction of antibody responses and protection against yersinia pestis challenge in mice. the rcn vector successfully ... | 2003 | 12559803 |
| g/q-banded chromosome nomenclature of the chinese raccoon dog, nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides gray. | 2002 | 12564636 | |
| application of dual colour fish for localisation of canine microsatellite markers in the chinese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides) genome. | the present study shows new chromosomal localisation of four canine cosmid clones in the chinese raccoon dog genome by using dual colour fish. this approach facilitates rapid physical localisation of markers and will improve the determination of their order on chromosomes. the present new assignments increase the number of physically mapped markers in the chinese raccoon dog to 25. | 2003 | 12590183 |
| host associations and seasonal occurrence of haemaphysalis leporispalustris, ixodes brunneus, i. cookei, i. dentatus, and i. texanus (acari: ixodidae) in southeastern missouri. | hemaphysalis leporispalustris (packard), ixodes brunneus koch, ixodes cookei packard, ixodes dentatus marx, and ixodes texanus banks were collected during a 3-yr study of pathogen-tick-host interactions in southeastern missouri. h. leporispalustris was collected from the eastern cottontail rabbit, northern bobwhite, and carolina wren, and it was active all year. i. brunneus was collected by drag and from passerine birds during december, march, and april. i. cookei was collected from raccoons and ... | 2003 | 12597662 |
| epidemiological situation of rabies in lithuania from 1990 to 2000. | the epidemiological situation of rabies was investigated in lithuania. over the last decade, 2277 cases of rabies were registered among wild and domestic animals (mean number of cases per districts was 44). the highest distribution of rabies was found in the districts of lazdijai and utena (116 and 81 cases, respectively), and the lowest in the svencioniai and zarasai districts (one and eight cases, respectively). it was found that rabies among wildlife comprised 54% with the majority of cases b ... | 2003 | 12636997 |
| rabies epizootics among raccoons vary along a north-south gradient in the eastern united states. | the characteristics of rabies epizootics among raccoons were investigated in 11 eastern states along a north-south gradient from new york to north carolina. epizootics were defined as discrete intervals of time of at least 5 months in duration, when reported cases of raccoon rabies from an individual county exceeded the median value of raccoon rabies cases reported by that county over the entire period rabies was present among raccoons in the county. over the approximately 20-year study period, ... | 2001 | 12653126 |
| risk factors for human exposure to raccoon rabies during an epizootic in connecticut. | the emergence of rabies among terrestrial wildlife poses increasing but poorly defined risks to people. in particular, events leading to human exposure to rabies virus via mammalian reservoirs remain elusive. thus, we determined those risk factors associated with human exposure to rabies-positive animals during a raccoon rabies epizootic in connecticut. existing passive surveillance data on animal rabies tests in connecticut from 1991 through 1994 were evaluated for demographic, ecological, and ... | 2001 | 12653149 |
| baylisascaris procyonis (nematoda: ascaridae) in raccoons (procyon lotor) in orange county, california. | baylisascaris procyonis is one of the common nematodes of the raccoon (procyon lotor), being well recognized as a cause of visceral, ocular, and neural larval migrans in many species of wild and domestic birds and mammals, including humana. between january 15 and december 31, 2000 in orange county, ca, 640 raccoons (p. lotor) were live-trapped in four spatial distributions zones, and b. procyonis egg shedding prevalence and fecal egg per gram (epg) counts were determined in relation to spatial d ... | 2001 | 12653152 |
| spatiotemporal analysis of epizootic raccoon rabies propagation in connecticut, 1991-1995. | the quantitative analysis of pathogen transmission within its specific spatial context should improve our ability to predict and control the epizootic spread of that disease. we compared two methods for calibrating the effect of local, spatially distributed environmental heterogeneities on disease spread. using the time-of-first-appearance of raccoon rabies across the 169 townships in connecticut, we estimated local spatial variation in township-to-township transmission rate using trend surface ... | 2002 | 12653301 |
| diffuse retinochoroiditis due to baylisascaris procyonis in monglian gerbils. | baylisascaris procyonis, raccoon roundworm, causes a severe retinal lesion in humans. the lesion is termed as diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (dusn). to understand the pathogenesis of b. procyonis in gerbils, we inoculated 17 embryonated eggs/g body weight of b. procyonis into 15 male mongolian gerbils, merionis ungiculatus, and monitored their fundi with an ophthalmoscope. six of 15 gerbils (40%) showed severe retinitis with a sinuous track due to larval movement. the lesions extende ... | 2003 | 12659323 |
| growth pattern and seasonal weight changes of the feral raccoon (procyon lotor) in hokkaido, japan. | the growth pattern and seasonal weight fluctuations of feral raccoons in hokkaido were evaluated between 1999 and 2001. the growth rates inbody length and body weight were described for juveniles (young of the year) and yearlings (animals born in the previous season) using the gompertz growth model. the asymptotic body sizes for males were greater than those for females. young raccoons born during spring in the study area could potentially grow up to their asymptotic size at the beginning of the ... | 2003 | 12675552 |
| reproductive characteristics of the feral raccoon (procyon lotor) in hokkaido, japan. | reproduction of feral raccoons (procyon lotor) in hokkaido, japan, was examined during a 2-year period by analysis of placental scars or fetuses in the uterus. of 242 collected females, 69 (29%) were juveniles, 71 (29%) yearlings, and 102 (42%) adults. the pregnancy rate averaged 66% in yearlings and was significantly lower than the 96% average observed in adults (p<0.01). litter size ranged from 1 to 7 offspring per female, and averaged 3.6 in yearlings and 3.9 in adults. there was no significa ... | 2003 | 12679568 |
| cost of distributing oral raccoon-variant rabies vaccine in ohio: 1997-2000. | analysis of the cost of 8 distributions of oral rabies vaccine (orv) with strains known to infect raccoons in ohio between 1997 and 2000. | 2002 | 12680444 |
| canine-derived cosmid probes containing microsatellites can be used in physical mapping of arctic fox (alopex lagopus) and chinese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides) genomes. | rapid development of the canine marker genome map facilitates genome mapping of other canidae species. in this study we present chromosomal localization of 18 canine-derived cosmid probes containing microsatellites in the arctic fox (alopex lagopus) and chinese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides) genomes by the use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish). the chromosome localizations in the arctic fox are in general agreement with data obtained from comparative genome maps o ... | 2003 | 12692168 |
| epidemiological aspects of the first outbreak of baylisascaris procyonis larva migrans in rabbits in japan. | larva migrans caused by the common raccoon ascarid, baylisascaris procyonis, is a zoonotic disease of critical importance in north america. recently we encountered the first proven outbreak of this disease in japan in domestic rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) in a small wildlife park. in this park, raccoons (procyon lotor) had been kept for 9 years, and one raccoon was donated to the park by a pet owner 8 weeks prior to the occurrence of an outbreak in rabbits. of 12 total raccoons, three raccoon ... | 2003 | 12736426 |
| comparison of the reservoir competence of medium-sized mammals and peromyscus leucopus for anaplasma phagocytophilum in connecticut. | in the northeastern united states, anaplasma phagocytophilum, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge), is transmitted by the tick vector ixodes scapularis. the white-footed mouse peromyscus leucopus is a competent reservoir for this agent, but the reservoir competence of non-peromyscus hosts of i. scapularis has not been studied. here, we report data confirming reservoir competence of medium-sized mammals for a. phagocytophilum. raccoons, virginia opossums, gray squirrels, and striped ... | 2002 | 12737542 |
| q fever in humans and animals in the united states. | coxiella burnetii, the etiologic agent of q fever, is a worldwide zoonotic pathogen. although q fever is present in the united states, little is known about its current incidence or geographic distribution in either humans or animals. published reports of national disease surveillance, individual cases, outbreak investigations, and serologic surveys were reviewed to better characterize q fever epidemiology in the united states. in national disease surveillance reports for 1948-1986, 1,396 human ... | 2002 | 12737547 |
| moellerella wisconsensis isolated from the oral cavity of a wild raccoon (procyon lotor). | this report describes the isolation of moellerella wisconsensis from the oral secretions of a wild raccoon in northern california. human enteric disease has previously been associated with this organism. this represents the first isolation of this rare enterobacterial species from a non-captive animal and only the third from a non-human source. | 2002 | 12737549 |
| radiology case of the month. raccoon eyes and abdominal distention. neuroblastoma. | 2016 | 12778988 | |
| leptospira infection in two black rhinoceroses (diceros bicornis michaeli). | two black rhinoceroses (diceros bicornis michaeli) developed clinical leptospirosis without hemolytic crises. the first rhinoceros presented with peracute depression, anorexia, rear leg trembling, dysuria, glucosuria, gastrointestinal discomfort, and decreased fecal output and died within 12 hr. necropsy and histopathology revealed lesions within multiple organs. leptospirosis was diagnosed postmortem based on positive fluorescent antibody staining of liver. the second rhinoceros presented 2 mo ... | 2001 | 12785703 |
| eye findings of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis and multiple choroidal infiltrates associated with neural larva migrans due to bbaylisascaris procyonis. | to report childhood infection with baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon round worm) manifesting as diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (dusn) and choroidal infiltrates in association with neurologic disease (neural larva migrans). | 2003 | 12788132 |
| histochemical analysis of glycoconjugates in the ceruminous glands of the north american raccoon (procyon lotor). | the distribution and selectivities of glycoconjugates in the ceruminous glands of the north american raccoon (procyon lotor) were studied by light and electron microscopic histochemical methods, particularly lectin histochemistry. in the modified apocrine glands present, the apocrine secretion mode was combined with exocytosis, whereby the secretory epithelium and the luminal secretion of the ceruminous glands exhibited considerable amounts of complex carbohydrates with various terminal sugars ( ... | 2003 | 12801086 |
| interactions between inputs from adjacent digits in somatosensory thalamus and cortex of the raccoon. | interactions between somatosensory afferents arriving from different points in the periphery play an important role in sensory discrimination and also provide the substrate for plasticity following peripheral injury. to examine the extent and time course of such interactions, extracellular recordings were made from neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex and the ventroposterior lateral thalamus of anesthetized raccoons. interactions between adjacent digits were studied using the conditioning ... | 2003 | 12802551 |
| effects of phytosterols on the endocrinology and metabolism of the female raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides). | phytosterols (ps) are the analogues of animal cholesterol in various plants. beta-sitosterol is a ps used in margarines and natural remedies to lower elevated serum cholesterol levels. ps enter the ecosystem via pulp mill effluents. the study investigated the endocrine and metabolic effects of ps on the female raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides), a canid omnivore. eight female animals were exposed perorally to 8 mg ps/kg/d for 4 wk with 8 animals in the control group. in the ps-treated female ... | 2003 | 12857636 |
| neuropathological observation of rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) affected with raccoon roundworm (baylisascaris procyonis) larva migrans in japan. | larvae of the raccoon roundworm, baylisascaris procyonis (b. procyonis) are a known cause of cerebrospinal larva migrans in animals and humans. the present paper described details of the central nervous lesion in the rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) affected with b. procyonis larva migrans in japan. clinically affected animals showed neurological signs including circling, torticollis, tremor of head, or ataxic gait. the most characteristic pathological alterations were large malacic lesions assoc ... | 2003 | 12867729 |
| raccoon roundworm (baylisascaris procyonis). | 2003 | 12867843 | |
| images in clinical medicine. raccoon eyes and neuroblastoma. | 2003 | 12878754 | |
| cross-reactive antigenicity of nucleoproteins of lyssaviruses recognized by a monospecific antirabies virus nucleoprotein antiserum on paraffin sections of formalin-fixed tissues. | diagnosis of rabies is routinely confirmed by detection of rabies virus antigens in acetone-fixed frozen brain tissues or imprint smears using an immunofluorescence method with commercial antirabies virus antibodies. since recent molecular analyses disclosed wide heterogeneity in the genome sequences of rabies virus strains and related lyssaviruses, it is necessary to confirm the presence of common epitopes in these lyssaviruses. in this study we confirmed the presence of cross-reactive antigens ... | 2003 | 12895231 |
| molecular characterization of microsporidia indicates that wild mammals harbor host-adapted enterocytozoon spp. as well as human-pathogenic enterocytozoon bieneusi. | over 13 months, 465 beavers, foxes, muskrats, otters, and raccoons were trapped in four counties in eastern maryland and examined by molecular methods for microsporidia. a two-step nested pcr protocol was developed to amplify a 392-bp fragment of the internal transcribed spacer region of the rrna gene of enterocytozoon spp., with the use of primers complementary to the conserved regions of published nucleotide sequences. fifty-nine pcr-positive samples were sequenced. multiple alignments of thes ... | 2003 | 12902234 |
| corticocortical inhibition of peripheral inputs within primary somatosensory cortex: the role of gaba(a) and gaba(b) receptors. | a conditioning-test pulse paradigm was used in combination with microiontophoresis to examine the corticocortical modulation of somatosensory processing. single-cell recordings were made in the glabrous digit representation of primary somatosensory (s1) cortex in anesthetized raccoons. test stimulation of the periphery (the on-focus digit) was preceded by conditioning stimulation of the cortical area that represents an adjacent digit at interstimulus intervals ranging from 5 to 200 ms. an early ... | 2003 | 12904496 |
| rabies among infrequently reported mammalian carnivores in the united states, 1960-2000. | most cases of rabies reported annually in the united states occur among three groups of carnivores--raccoons (procyon lotor), skunks (mephitis, spilogale, and putorius), foxes (vulpes, urocyon, and alopex)--and among bats (numerous species). however, between 1960 and 2000, a total of 2,851 cases of rabies in 17 other carnivore taxa were reported to the centers for disease control and prevention, atlanta, georgia (usa), from 49 states, the district of columbia, and puerto rico. three species of t ... | 2003 | 12910751 |
| experimental inoculation of scrapie and chronic wasting disease agents in raccoons (procyon lotor). | 2003 | 12918830 | |
| use of discriminatory probes for strain typing of formalin-fixed, rabies virus-infected tissues by in situ hybridization. | an in situ hybridization (ish) method has been developed to overcome difficulties encountered in the viral typing of formalin-fixed rabies virus-infected brain tissue. rabies viruses representative of all strains normally encountered in diagnostic submissions throughout canada, including 3 strains of terrestrial hosts (arctic fox, western skunk, mid-atlantic raccoon), 10 strains circulating in several bat reservoirs (bbcan1 to bbcan7, lacan, shcan, and mycan), and the evelyn-rokitniki-abelseth ( ... | 2003 | 12958267 |
| isolation and characterization of viruses related to the sars coronavirus from animals in southern china. | a novel coronavirus (scov) is the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars). scov-like viruses were isolated from himalayan palm civets found in a live-animal market in guangdong, china. evidence of virus infection was also detected in other animals (including a raccoon dog, nyctereutes procyonoides) and in humans working at the same market. all the animal isolates retain a 29-nucleotide sequence that is not found in most human isolates. the detection of scov-like viruses in ... | 2003 | 12958366 |
| pulmonary adiaspiromycosis in raccoons (procyon lotor) from oregon. | 1999 | 12968748 | |
| seasonal reproductive endocrine profile of the raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides)-effects of melatonin and food deprivation. | the raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides, canidae, carnivora) is a middle-sized omnivore with excessive autumnal fattening and winter sleep. we studied adaptations of the species to boreal climate and photoperiod by following the plasma reproductive and thyroid hormone concentrations of farm-bred raccoon dogs (n=32) for 12 months. on august 16, 2000, and february 8, 2001, half of the raccoon dogs received continuous-release melatonin implants (the mel group). the other half was sham-operated (t ... | 2003 | 12975806 |
| [raccoon as a new host of trichinella]. | 1954 | 13151045 | |
| isolation of an agent causing bilirubinemia and jaundice in raccoons. | 1954 | 13155569 | |
| jaundice and bilirubinemia as manifestations of canine distemper in raccoons and ferrets. | 1956 | 13283242 | |
| distemper in the american raccoon (procyon lotor). | 1957 | 13462896 | |
| distemper in raccoons and foxes suspected of having rabies. | 1958 | 13480929 | |
| egg-adaptation of a strain of distemper virus isolated from a raccoon. | 1958 | 13498267 | |
| multiple discrimination learning in raccoons. | 1957 | 13502502 | |
| carneophallus turgidus sp. nov. (trematoda: microphallidae) from the raccoon, procyon lotor, in south florida. | 1958 | 13526074 | |
| infectious canine hepatitis virus studies with special reference to passage of raccoon tissue cultures. | 1958 | 13554664 | |
| the raccoon, procyon lotor, a natural host of leptospira autumnalis. | 1958 | 13559207 | |
| experimental infection of certain farm mammals with a north american strain of trypanosoma cruzi from the raccoon. | 1958 | 13562102 | |
| learning sets and object-size effects in visual discrimination learning by raccoons. | 1958 | 13563713 | |
| the isolation and identification of trypanosoma cruzi from raccoons in maryland. | 1958 | 13595203 | |
| studies on the helminths of north carolina vertebrates. i. procyotrema marsupiformis n. g. n. sp. (strigeida: diplostomatidae) from the pancreatic duct of the raccoon. | 1959 | 13642167 | |
| gastrointestinal helminths of raccoons (procyon lotor) from ossabaw island, georgia. | 1959 | 13665459 | |
| life history, morphology and taxonomy of atriotaenia (ershovia) procyonis (cestoda: linstowiidae), a parasite of the raccoon. | 1959 | 13673338 | |
| the delayed field drive in the raccoon and cat. | 1961 | 13689937 | |
| parallelorchis diglossus n. g., n. sp., a trematode (strigeida: diplostomidae) from the florida raccoon. | 1961 | 13711581 | |
| the solution of patterned-strings problems by raccoons. | 1961 | 13770277 | |
| double alternation by raccoons. | 1961 | 13790295 | |
| somatic sensory representation in the cerebral cortex of the racoon (procyon lotor). | 1959 | 13843838 | |
| two morphological types of placentae in the raccoon. | 1962 | 13869112 | |
| grysoma singularis, a new species of treatodes (digenea: psilostomidae) from the racoon procyon lotor (l). | 1961 | 13875329 | |
| natural occurrence of leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae in the eastern grey fox and the eastern raccoon. | 1961 | 13879710 | |
| helminths of procyon lotor solutus from cape island, south carolina. | 1962 | 13904711 | |
| life history of heterobilharzia americana price 1929, a schistosome of the raccoon and other mammals in southeastern united states. | 1962 | 13929078 | |
| occurrence of enterococci in animals in a wild environment. | enterococci were obtained from the feces of 71% of 216 mammals, 86% of 70 reptiles, and 32% of 22 birds sampled in a truly wild environment, the great smoky mountains national park. patterns of food dependence and also of species dependence were observed. among the lower classes of the primarily herbivorous mammals, the enterococci occurred sporadically; however, of the six species of sciuridae, the gray squirrel, and of four species of cricetidae, the red-backed mouse, the enterococci appear to ... | 1963 | 13936610 |
| discrimination learning: squirrels vs raccoons. | 1963 | 13954803 | |
| the sensory innervation of the common north american raccoon (procyon lotor). | 1962 | 14003896 | |
| reversal learning by horse and raccoon. | 1962 | 14005044 | |
| development of the raccoon placenta. | 1963 | 14072366 | |
| brugia beaveri sp. n. (nematoda: filarioidea) from the raccoon (procyon lotor) in louisiana. | 1964 | 14125153 | |
| helminth parasites of the raccoon, procyon lotor in the southeastern united states. | 1964 | 14125169 | |
| some morphological and physiological characteristics of the somatic sensory system in raccoons. | 1964 | 14135028 | |
| discussion of paper by w.i. welker and others on the somatic sensory system of the raccoon. | 1964 | 14140657 | |
| the lateral cervical nucleus of the raccoon. | 1965 | 14278099 | |
| somatic sensory representation of forelimb in dorsal root fibers of raccoon, coatimundi, and cat. | 1965 | 14283060 | |
| the life history of ascocotyle pachycystis sp. n., a trematode (digenea: heterophyidae) from the raccoon in south florida. | 1965 | 14339373 | |
| the l-thyroxine secretion rate, l-triiodothyronine equivalent, and biological half-life (t1/2) of l-thyroxine-i-131 in the raccoon (procyon lotor). | 1965 | 14340630 |