Publications

hepatozoon ursi n. sp. (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) in japanese black bear (ursus thibetanus japonicus).	morphological and genetic features of a new hepatozoon species, hepatozoon ursi n. sp., in japanese black bear (ursus thibetanus japonicus) were studied. schizogonic developmental stages were observed in the lungs of japanese black bears. the schizonts were sub-spherical in shape and 45.7+/-4.6 x 42.7+/-4.5 microm in size. each mature schizont contained approximately 80-130 merozoites and 0-5 residual bodies. the merozoites were 7.0+/-0.7 x 1.8+/-0.3 microm in size. intraleukocytic gametocytes w ...	2008	18329332
the first detection of babesia species dna from japanese black bears (ursus thibetanus japonicus) in japan.	in this study, we tried to detect protozoan blood parasites from the liver or blood of 156 japanese black bears (ursus thibetanus japonicus) in iwate prefecture of japan by polymerase chain reaction. two amplicons (approximately 540 bp and 480 bp) were detected by amplification for v4 hyper-variable regions of the 18s rrna gene. approximately 540-bp products were obtained in 119 samples (76.3%) and were considered to be dna of hepatozoon ursi. approximately 480-bp products were obtained in 22 sa ...	2011	21376138
molecular prevalence and characterization of hepatozoon ursi infection in indian sloth bears (melursus ursinus).	hepatozoon species are parasites that infect a wide variety of domestic and wild animals. the objective of the study was to detect the occurrence of hepatozoon ursi in indian sloth bears and to characterize the parasite based on phylogenetic analysis of the partial 18s rrna gene sequence. hepatozoon infection could be detected in 38 (70%) out of fifty-four blood samples of indian sloth bears (captive and wild), suggestive of high prevalence of hepatozoon infection in indian sloth bears. sequenci ...	2011	21723665