Publications

[a survey of brucella canis infection in dogs sheltered in tohoku university school of medicine (author's transl)].	a total number of 1549 dogs from miyagi prefecture and the north coast area of fukushima prfecture were surveyed during a year from december 1976 to november 1977 for brucella canis (b. canis). 173 of 1549 dogs (11.2%) were sero-positive to b. canis, and b. canis was isolated from 55 of 148 dogs examined, giving more than 3.6% for total 1549 dogs. the positivity were higher than that have been reported from other areas. the results of the morphological and biochemical studies for isolates were s ...	1979	477747
epidemiological survey of anaplasma platys and ehrlichia canis using ticks collected from dogs in japan.	detection of anaplasma platys and ehrlichia canis in ticks recovered from dogs in japan was attempted using a species-specific nested pcr based on the 16s rrna gene. a total of 1211 ticks recovered from 1211 dogs from all over japan were examined for a. platys and e. canis. four tick samples from fukushima, miyazaki and kagoshima prefectures recovered from four different dogs showed a positive reaction for a. platys. although the four dogs did not show any clinical signs and no blood examination ...	2003	12944048
epidemiological survey of babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in eastern japan.	to determine the distribution of babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in the eastern part of japan, an epidemiological survey of dogs suspected of having b. gibsoni infection was attempted using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). thirty-five of 115 such dogs (30.4%) were positive by pcr and/or elisa. the 35 positive dogs consisted of 28 tosa dogs, 4 american pit bull terriers, and 3 mongrel dogs in aomori, fukushima, ibaraki, gunma, chiba, tokyo, kana ...	2005	15942130