Publications

natural infections of crenosoma vulpis and angiostrongylus vasorum in dogs in atlantic canada and their treatment with milbemycin oxime.	milbemycin oxime was used to treat dogs with natural infections of the fox lungworm, crenosoma vulpis and the french heartworm, angiostrongylus vasorum. crenosomosis was identified in 42 of 202 dogs with clinical signs of coughing, dyspnoea or exercise intolerance by a baermann analysis of faecal samples taken between october 2000 and october 2001. it occurred throughout atlantic canada (new brunswick, newfoundland, nova scotia and prince edward island). the clinical signs resolved and shedding ...	2004	15264484
lungworm (crenosoma vulpis) infection in dogs on prince edward island.	crenosoma vulpis is a nematode lungworm that is highly prevalent in the red fox population of atlantic canada. dogs are susceptible to infection with clinical signs consisting primarily of a chronic cough. a recent report of c. vulpis infection in 3 dogs on prince edward island prompted an investigation into the importance of this parasite as a cause of chronic respiratory disease in island dogs. a general prevalence was determined through the necropsy of dogs euthanized at the local humane soci ...	1999	12001335
isolation of obligate anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens.		1995	7757924
serotypes of pseudomonas aeruginosa from human and animal sources.	forty human isolates and twenty-eight animal isolates of pseudomonas aeruginosa from prince edward island area (atlantic canada) were serotyped using a kit consisting of 4 polyvalent o-group antisera and 17 monovalent o-type (serovar) antisera, in accordance with the international antigenic typing scheme. the results showed a difference between humans/dogs (50%/48% group i) and pigs (71% group iv). whereas o-serovar 9 and 1 appeared to be most involved in human and canine infections, o-serovar 3 ...	1989	2517198
isolation of the lyme disease spirochete, borrelia burgdorferi, from ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) collected on prince edward island, canada.	studies were undertaken to monitor for the presence of borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of lyme disease, on prince edward island, canada. gut contents were removed for culturing from seven engorged ticks collected in 1991-1992 including five ixodes dammini (spielman, clifford, piesman & corwin) and two i. scapularis (say) removed from a dog that had recently traveled to the southern united states. b. burgdorferi was recovered from one i. dammini that had been removed from a cat in charl ...	1992	1460625