Publications

prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to toxoplasma gondii and sarcocystis neurona in beavers (castor canadensis) from massachusetts.	the present study examined the seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii and sarcocystis neurona in a population of beavers (castor canadensis) from massachusetts. sixty-two blood samples were collected during the field seasons over 3 consecutive years from different animals. blood was collected onto filter paper and shipped to the department of biomedical sciences, virginia tech, blacksburg, virginia, for parasite testing. the samples were tested at dilutions of 1:25, 1:50, and 1:100 against each par ...	2005	16419776
prevalence of microsporidia, cryptosporidium spp., and giardia spp. in beavers (castor canadensis) in massachusetts.	feces from 62 beavers (castor canadensis) in massachusetts were examined by fluorescence microscopy (ifa) and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for microsporidia species, cryptosporidium spp., and giardia spp. between january 2002 and december 2004. pcr-positive specimens were further examined by gene sequencing. protist parasites were detected in 6.4% of the beavers. all were subadults and kits. microsporidia species were not detected. giardia spp. was detected by ifa from four beavers; cryptospo ...	2006	17315434