Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year(sorted ascending) Filter | PMID Filter |
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| [helminths found in the skunk mephitis mephitis in the province of quebec]. | 1951 | 14821862 | |
| leptospiruria in striped skunks. | 1963 | 14084876 | |
| laboratory behavior of the mephitis mephitis. | 1963 | 14057263 | |
| the bacteriologic and serologic incidence of leptospirosis among striped skunks in louisiana. | 1963 | 13975298 | |
| repair of injured bones in muskrat and striped skunk. | 1963 | 14113659 | |
| alterations of defensive-aggressive patterns in the descented mephitis mephitis. | 1964 | 14214738 | |
| comparative cultural results of renal tissue and urine of striped skunks for leptospires. | 1964 | 14193057 | |
| filaroides milksi (nematoda: filaroididae) in the lungs of a striped skunk, mephitis mephitis. | 1965 | 14339378 | |
| dipetalonema mephitis n. comb. (=microfilaria mephitis: webster and beauregard, 1964) from the skunk, mephitis mephitis. | 1965 | 14322432 | |
| skrjabingylus magnus n. sp. (nematoda: trichostrongylidae) from the skunk, mephitis mephitis. | 1965 | 14322427 | |
| movements of a striped skunk infected with rabies. | 1966 | 5978847 | |
| hypothalamic neurosecretory activity in relation to the reproductive cycle in the common striped skunk (mephitis mephitis nigra; order carnivora). | 1966 | 6007573 | |
| the renal carrier state of experimenal leptospira pomona infections in skunks (mephitis mephitis). | 1967 | 6017273 | |
| sinus worm skrjabingylus spp. (nematoda: pseudaliidae) from rabid skunks (mephitis mephitis) in california. | 1969 | 5815929 | |
| babesia mephitis sp. n. (protozoa: piroplasmida), a hematozoan parasite of the striped skunk, mephitis mephitis. | 1970 | 4994127 | |
| the susceptibility of five species of wild animals to experimental infection with leptospira grippotyphosa. | five species of wild animals including opossums, didelphis marsupialis, striped skunks, mephitis mephitis, red, vulpes vulpes, and gray foxes, urocyon cinereoargenteus and raccoons, procyon lotor, were inoculated intraperitoneally with varying numbers of leptospira grippotyphosa, organisms. clinical signs were not detected, however, leptospiremia, leptospiruria and antibodies for the homologous organism, were demonstrated. lesions attributed to leptospirosis were observed in liver and kidney tis ... | 1970 | 16512129 |
| local production of antibodies to leptospira pomona in kidneys of chronically infected skunks (mephitis mephitis). | the kidneys of skunks chronically infected with leptospira pomona contained a conspicuous number of plasma cells. from comparative studies of overall gammaglobulin content and specific antibody titers in sera and kidney extracts it was concluded that specific antibodies to l. pomona were synthesized in the kidneys of skunks with renal leptospirosis. | 1970 | 16512131 |
| rabies detection in road-killed skunks (mephitis mephitis). | three diagnostic techniques (1) microscopic examination for negri bodies, (2) mouse inoculation and (3) fluorescent antibody tagging were compared as to their ability to detect rabies virus in 14 experimentally infected striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) exposed to normal summer weather conditions after death. the fluorescent antibody technique correctly identified rabies virus longer than either of the other methods. rabies incidence in 61 road-killed skunks collected on the day following death ... | 1970 | 16512164 |
| an improved technique for handling striped skunks in disease investigations. | 1970 | 16512167 | |
| studies on the scent glands and musk of rabid skunks (mephitis mephitis). | 1973 | 4265546 | |
| the relationship of physaloptera maxillaris (nematoda: physalopteroidea) to skunk (mephitis mephitis). | 1973 | 4706041 | |
| the development, route of migration, and pathogenesis of crenosoma mephitidis in the skunk (mephitis mephitis). | 1974 | 4837263 | |
| hepatitis in skunks caused by the virus of infectious canine hepatitis. | two cases of acute, fatal, hepatitis occurred in young, striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) trapped in southern ontario. histologically, lesions in the liver were similar to infectious canine hepatitis. a virus was isolated which produced large intranuclear inclusions in dog kidney cell cultures. these inclusions were feulgen-positive and fluoresced green with acridine orange stain. the skunk hepatitis isolate was identified as the virus of infectious canine hepatitis by virus neutralization test ... | 1975 | 172663 |
| studies on the oral infectivity of rabies virus in carnivora. | mature and immature red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were fed varying numbers of white mice infected with street isolates and a fixed strain of rabies virus. rabies deaths and the development of serum neutralizing antibody to rabies virus occurred in both species. the epizootiological implications of these findings are discussed. | 1975 | 1097742 |
| paragonimus kellicotti infection in wild carnivores in southwestern ontario: i. prevalence and gross pathologic features. | paragonimus kellicotti ward, 1908 was recovered from 16 of 105 mink (mustela vison), 14 of 244 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis), 10 of 446 red foxes (vulpes vulpes), 1 of 31 coyotes (canis latrans), 0 of 326 raccoons (procyon lotor) and 0 of 8 weasels (mustela spp.) collected from southwestern ontario. the majority of carnivores harboring p. kellicotti was collected from two counties (huron and bruce) bordering the east shore of lake huron where 6.0% of the animals (excluding raccoons) were in ... | 1975 | 1113433 |
| paragonimus kellicotti infection in wild carnivores in southwestern ontario: ii. histopathologic features. | pulmonary lesions associated with naturally acquired paragonimus kellicotti infection were studied in mink (mustela vison), striped skunks (mephitis mephitis), red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and a coyote (canis latrans). in ,ink a fibrous capsule was formed around mature flukes in dilated bronchioles or bronchi, and there was mild focal interstitial pneumonitis adjacent to fluke eggs in alveoli and migrating parasites. a thick wall, infiltrated heavily with mononuclear cells and eosinophils, surroun ... | 1975 | 1152176 |
| care, management, and biology of captive striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). | the striped skunk has a number of characteristics that make it one of the most desirable wild carnivores for scientific study. this paper described in detail the care and management of this species in captivity. reproduction and factors which may affect productivity were discussed, including: duration of mating period, experience, and age of the female. two optimal mating periods resulted in the greatest productivity and survival of young: (1) 24 hours and (2) 24 hours followed by another mating ... | 1975 | 1237760 |
| a rabies epidemic in recently captured skunks. | an epidemic of rabies occurred within a colony of captive skunks (mephitis mephitis). one of the animals has been infected with the virus in the wild and developed clinical illness near 7 weeks after capture. she transmitted the virus to three of her five offspring and one other adult. the disease spread to additional skunks when orphaned infants were adopted by lactating females. although the animals were in close contact with each other, the epidemic spread slowly. furious rabies generally did ... | 1975 | 1095793 |
| age and sex determination of striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from ontario, manitoba, and quebec. | 1975 | 1125866 | |
| letter: lack of fast glycoclytic fibers in the ankle extensors of the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | 1976 | 134118 | |
| seasonal population changes of physaloptera maxillaris (nematoda: physalopteroidea) in striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | 1976 | 1260571 | |
| prevalence of toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild and domestic animals in northern california. | wild and domestic animals from 3 geographic-climatologic areas in northern california were tested for antibodies against toxoplasma gondii. a total of 2,796 serum samples representing 37 species of wild mammals, 35 species of wild birds, and 5 species of domestic animals were tested by the indirect hemagglutination test. of 1,174 wild mammal serums tested, 10.8% were positive, which compared with 14.7% of the 1,221 domestic mammal serums. of 229 wild carnivores tested, 45% were seropositive, inc ... | 1976 | 977457 |
| development of physaloptera maxillaris (nematoda: physalopteroidea) in skunk (mephitis mephitis) and the role of paratenic and other hosts in its life cycle. | 1976 | 1083281 | |
| toxoplasmosis: a serological survey in ontario wildlife. | sera from seven species of wild animals in ontario were examined for antibody to toxoplasma gondii using the sabin-feldman dye test. of 158 sera tested, 53% of the red foxes (vulpes vulpes), 56% of the striped skunks (mephitis mephitis), 78% of the coyotes (canis latrans), 33% of the black bears (ursus americanus), 18% of the short tailed shrews (blarina brevicauda) and none of the field voles (microtus pennsylvanicus) had antibody. antibody to t. gondii was present in sera from wild animals cap ... | 1976 | 16502687 |
| leptospira interrogans serotype pomona in saskatchewan: isolation from a naturally infected striped skunk. | leptospira interrogans serotype pomona was isolated from the kidneys of a normal striped skunk (mephitis mephitis hudsonicus) collected near kindersley, saskatchewan. although there were no gross lesions, small foci of chronic interstitial nephritis were observed microscopically. this is the first reported isolation of serotype pomona for the prairie provinces. | 1977 | 597790 |
| behavior and mortality of free-ranging raccoons, snowshoe hares, and striped skunks after exposure to 300 r gamma radiation. | 1977 | 847099 | |
| necrotizing encephalitis in skunks caused by herpes simplex virus. | herpes simplex virus was isolated from the brain of a wild skunk (mephitis mephitis) which had clinical neurological disease. in the brain of this skunk and in brain of skunks inoculated intracerebrally, there were areas of necrosis in the grey matter of the cerebral cortex and to a lesser extent in the brain stem. intranuclear inclusions occurred in neurons and glial cells with vascular cuffing by mononuclear cells and a few neutrophils. skunks inoculated intravenously had extensive focal necro ... | 1977 | 200319 |
| motor units and fiber types of primary ankle extensors of the skunk (mephitis mephitis). | 1977 | 925736 | |
| renal lesions in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from louisiana. | renal tissue from 100 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) examined microscopically showed evidence of inflammation in 74% of the kidneys. azotemia was present in 20% of the skunks that had severe renal lesions. the cause of inflammation is unknown, but leptospires were cultured from kidneys or urine of 55% of these skunks. | 1977 | 916146 |
| induced ovulation, development of the corpus luteum, and tubal transport in the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | ovulatory pattern, development of the corpus luteum (cl), and early tubal transport are described for 6 unmated and 19 mated striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) killed after known copulation times. ovulation is induced by copulation and occurs around 42 hours (range = 40--50 hours) after first insemination. seventeen of 19 females killed between 36 hours and 19 days postcoitus had ovulated. two females killed at 36 hours had not ovulated; however, their follicles showed preovulatory changes and w ... | 1978 | 707306 |
| toxoplasmosis, distemper, and herpesvirus infection in a skunk (mephitis mephitis). | a striped skunk (mephitis mephitis) showing abnormal behavior had histopathologic lesions of toxoplasmosis and canine distemper in addition to intranuclear, eosinophilic inclusions in the reticuloendothelial cells of the spleen, liver and lung. the inclusions, on electron microscopic examination, were compatible with herpesvirus infection. | 1978 | 204802 |
| protides of the mustelidae: immunoresponse of mustelids to aleutian mink disease virus. | members of north american mustelidae were tested for their response to inoculation with 10(6) infective doses of aleutian disease virus. in subfamily mustelinae, 3 species in the genus mustela (m vision, m erminea, and m putorius) and 2 species in genus martes (ma pennanti and ma americana) responded immunologically with some features resembling aleutian disease in mink. in subfamily mephitinae, only mephitis mephitis responded, and others of the subfamily did not, nor did members of subfamilies ... | 1978 | 208431 |
| powassan virus in ixodes cookei and mustelidae in new england. | powassan virus was recovered from a pool of 3 nymphal and 1 adult female ixodes cookei removed from a striped skunk (mephitis mephitis) trapped in massachusetts during 1967 and from a pool of 9 nymphal i. cookei from a long-tailed weasel (mustela frenata) captured in connecticut during 1978. virus was detected in the blood of both mammals. hemagglutination-inhibiting (hi) antibody to powassan virus was demonstrated in 16.0% of the skunks sampled in connecticut, and neutralizing antibody was dete ... | 1979 | 230364 |
| experimental rabies in skunks: immunofluorescence light and electron microscopic studies. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were inoculated into the abductor digiti quinti muscle with street rabies virus isolated from salivary glands of rabid skunks. using the immunofluorescence technique, antigen was detected in muscle cells at the inoculation site before it was detected in the central nervous system. neurons and their processes in nearly all regions of the brain, spinal cord, cerebrospinal ganglia, and peripheral nerves contained antigen in terminal stages of the disease. electron ... | 1979 | 376938 |
| experimental rabies in skunks: oral, nasal, tracheal and intestinal exposure. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were exposed to challenge virus standard rabies virus by feeding infected mouse brain in suspension or as intact brain free choice, by forced feeding of suspension, and by intranasal, intratracheal and intraintestinal instillation of suspension. all of five skunks exposed intranasally, two of five exposed intratracheally and two of ten exposed by forced feeding developed rabies. none of the skunks exposed to challenge virus standard virus, by other methods, bec ... | 1979 | 497886 |
| an experimental infection of trypanosoma cruzi in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). | four adult (3 male, 1 female) captive-raised, decented, striped skunks (mephritis mephitis) were infected experimentaly with a field strain (texas-tulane) of trypanosoma cruzi, originally isolated from a naturally-infected dog. two skunks were injected intravenously with approximately 4.5 x 10(6) viable t. cruzi trypomastigotes. two skunks were inoculated per os and per conjunctivum with 10 ml of phosphate buffered saline containing macerated, t. cruzi-infected triatomine intestines and intestin ... | 1980 | 6774112 |
| experimental infection of neonatal striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) with infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus. | experimental infection of neonatal skunks (mephitis mephitis) with infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (ibrv) caused fatal systemic infection. virus isolation and immunofluorescence tests were used to demonstrate a direct association between ibrv and the lesions. histopathologic studies revealed multiple focal necrosis in the liver and the adrenal glands. | 1980 | 7189559 |
| prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in striped skunks from saskatchewan and alberta. | fifteen percent (81 of 542) of striped skunks, mephitis mephitis, collected in the prairie of alberta and saskatchewan during 1974 to 1978, were positive for antibodies against toxoplasma gondii. the seropositive rates varied from 8% (6 of 78) for skunks less than six months of age to 47% (9 of 19) in animals three or more years old. spring and summer transmission was indicated by a preponderance of high titres (greater than or equal to 1:1024) in seropositive skunks collected april through sept ... | 1980 | 7431517 |
| hormonal and gestational evidence for delayed implantation in the striped skunk, mephitis mephitis. | 1980 | 7461442 | |
| the direct transmission of andersonstronglyus captivensis webster 1978 (metastrongyloidea: angiostrongylidae) in captive skunks mephitis mephitis (schreber). | 1980 | 7427815 | |
| survey for rabies, leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis and tularemia in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from three public use areas in northwestern arkansas. | during a skunk eradication program in late august, 1979, 53 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were removed from three public use areas on beaver lake, benton and carroll counties in northwestern arkansas. none of the 53 animals were positive for rabies (fluorescent antibody technique) and only one of 45 (2.2%) was positive for rabies antibodies. twenty-one of 45 animals (46.6%) tested were positive for leptospirosis; 10 of 45 (22.2%) were positive for toxoplasmosis; and none were positive for t ... | 1981 | 7338974 |
| delayed implantation in mustelids, with special emphasis on the spotted skunk. | three distinct reproductive patterns are exhibited by mustelids. some species (ferret and least weasel) breed during spring and summer and do not exhibit delayed implantation. others (mink and striped skunk) exhibit variable gestation periods with brief periods of delayed implantation occurring only if the females are mated early in the season. most mustelids (western spotted skunk, badgers, marten, wolverine, etc.) always exhibit a prolonged period of delayed implantation lasting several months ... | 1981 | 7014860 |
| rabies virus titer from tissues of naturally infected skunks (mephitis mephitis). | rabies virus was titrated from the hippocampus and salivary glands (mandibular, parotid, and sublingual) of 19 naturally infected skunks. selection of the skunks was based on a positive fluorescent antibody test (fat) on the hippocampus. one fat- and virus isolation-negative skunk served as a control. the fat was positive on 19 mandibular salivary glands, 16 parotid glands, and 17 sublingual glands. rabies virus was subsequently isolated in albino swiss mice from all (ie, 19) hippocampi and mand ... | 1981 | 7034605 |
| rabies virus tropism in naturally infected skunks (mephitis mephitis). | 1981 | 7041707 | |
| transplacental transmission of rabies virus from a naturally infected skunk. | a female skunk (mephitis mephitis) was submitted to the veterinary diagnostic laboratory for routine rabies diagnosis. rabies infection was confirmed by fluorescent rabies antibody examination on brain tissue. additional tissues, including uterus, ovaries, and 6 embryos, were collected to study rabies pathogenesis. the fluorescent rabies antibody examination showed rabies virus antigen in 1 embryo, the uterus, and ovaries. | 1981 | 7332132 |
| dermatophilus congolensis infections in wildlife in new york state. | dermatophilus congolensis infection is described for the first time in a woodchuck (marmota monax) and a striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). this actinomycete was also recovered from a raccoon (procyon lotor) carcass which had been frozen for a year. encrusted lesions or denuded patches or both were seen during necropsy on the head, thorax, abdomen, and legs of each carcass. d. congolensis was demonstrated in strained smears or paraffin sections or both from the three animals and was recovered fr ... | 1981 | 7334073 |
| experimental rabies in skunks: persistence of virus in denervated muscle at the inoculation site. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were inoculated into the denervated abductor digiti quinti muscle with street rabies virus. they were killed at various times after inoculation and several tissues were examined by immunofluorescence and light microscopy. muscle at the inoculation site was examined electron microscopically. rabies antigen was detected in muscle fibers first on day 7 and persisted until day 28. light and electron microscopic lesions at the inoculation site included atrophic and ... | 1981 | 7337867 |
| a serological survey of leptospira interrogans serotype pomona in alberta and saskatchewan striped skunks and possible transmission between cattle and skunks. | the range of known occurrence of leptospira interrogans serotype pomona is extended to alberta in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis); no evidence of l. sejroe was found. reacting sera from skunks were confined to the southern portion of alberta and adjacent saskatchewan, although a number of reactors were found sufficiently further north in saskatchewan suggesting that a different mode of infection may be functioning there. of 95 skunk sera from near a dairy farm infected with serotype pomona 40 ... | 1981 | 7343072 |
| transmission of sarcocystis rileyi to the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | 1981 | 6796701 | |
| experimental transmission of sarcocystis sp. (protozoa: sarcocystidae) between the shoveler (anas clypeata) duck and the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | muscle containing macroscopic cysts of sarcocystis sp. from naturally infected wild shoveler (anas clypeata) ducks was fed to two captive striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). the skunks passed sporocysts in their feces beginning 19 and 22 days post-infection, and continued to pass small numbers of sporocysts sporadically to 63 and 51 days post-infection, respectively. sporocysts from the skunks were administered orally to four laboratory-reared shovelers. no cysts were found in ducks examined 56 ... | 1981 | 6796702 |
| comparative histology of the scent glands of five species of skunks. | a comparative histological study of the papilla and fundic region of the scent glands of mephitis mephitis, m. macroura, spilogale putorius. s. pygmaea and conepatus mesoleucus was conducted. both the papilla and fundic region consist of a mucosa and a muscularis. the entire organ is covered by a fibrous capsule. the glandular tissue has a compound tubulo-alveolar arrangement where both the alveoli and tubules are lined by simple cuboidal serous cells. the scent glands are highly modified, enlar ... | 1982 | 7076538 |
| ketamine hydrochloride as an immobilizing agent for striped skunks. | 1983 | 17422250 | |
| four cases of hodgkin's disease in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). | twelve of 152 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) necropsied at the ontario veterinary college between 1970 and 1980 had neoplasms. tumors occurred in one of 86 wild skunks, and 11 of 66 captive skunks. captive skunks were primarily from one source and were older animals. tumors in four skunks resembled those found in hodgkin's disease of man. this diagnosis was based on the presence of sternberg-reed cells, the cellular pattern, and the malignant behavior of the neoplasms. in two of these skunks ... | 1983 | 6836878 |
| response of mink, skunk, red fox and raccoon to inoculation with mink virus enteritis, feline panleukopenia and canine parvovirus and prevalence of antibody to parvovirus in wild carnivores in ontario. | mink virus enteritis, feline panleukopenia and canine parvovirus-2 were inoculated separately into groups of raccoon, mink, red fox and striped skunk. raccoons were highly susceptible to mink virus enteritis and feline panleukopenia, with animals developing clinical illness, and several dying within six to ten days of inoculation with lesions typical of parvovirus infection. both viruses were shed in high titre in the feces of infected raccoons, and high antibody titres were stimulated. raccoons ... | 1983 | 6309349 |
| experimental rabies in skunks: mechanisms of infection of the salivary glands. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were inoculated into the right submandibular salivary gland with street rabies virus. they were killed at various times after inoculation and several tissues were examined by immunofluorescence and light microscopy. right and left superior cervical, nodose and trigeminal ganglia, medulla oblongata and at least three regions of right and left submandibular salivary glands were examined by the fluorescent antibody technique. intracerebral titrations of salivary g ... | 1983 | 6357414 |
| experimental rabies in skunks: effects of immunosuppression induced by cyclophosphamide. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were inoculated with street rabies virus and immunosuppressed with several doses of cyclophosphamide. control skunks were inoculated with street virus only. the skunks were killed in terminal stages of the disease and several tissues were collected for examination by immunofluorescence, light microscopy and viral titration. sera collected at euthanasia from most of the principals did not contain detectable rabies neutralizing antibodies, whereas high titers occ ... | 1984 | 6370390 |
| rabies: spongiform lesions in the brain. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) experimentally infected with street rabies virus developed spongiform lesions that light- and electron-microscopically were indistinguishable from those found in the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of man and animals. these previously unreported lesions were also detected in naturally occurring cases of rabies. the spongiform lesions consisted of round or oval vacuoles in the neuropil, rarely in neuronal perikarya. the most severely affected areas wer ... | 1984 | 6464676 |
| rabies virus in the salivary glands and nasal mucosa of naturally infected skunks. | several salivary glands and the nasal mucosa of rabid skunks (mephitis mephitis) contained rabies virus. generally titers were high in the submandibular, moderate in the parotid and low to moderate in the zygomatic, molar and sublingual salivary glands. the nasal mucosa (glands and epithelium) contained virus at low to moderate titers that occasionally were equal to titers in brain. | 1984 | 6478304 |
| presence of neutralizing antibodies to rabies virus in striped skunks from areas free of skunk rabies in alberta. | nine percent of 198 serum samples from striped skunks, mephitis mephitis (schreber) from five areas of alberta were positive for rabies neutralizing antibody. positive samples were minimal (2%) from specimens sampled in an area enzootic for rabies and occurred at greater rates in areas negative for skunk rabies. transmission of rabies virus to skunks may have been from a source other than skunks in those areas, most probably from bats. | 1984 | 6492318 |
| rotavirus-associated diarrhea in young raccoons (procyon lotor), striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) and red foxes (vulpes vulpes). | electron microscopy and a commercial elisa test for rotavirus antigen were used to diagnose rotavirus infection in diarrheic raccoons (procyon lotor), striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) and red foxes (vulpes vulpes). gross and histopathological changes in two raccoons and two red foxes were found to be very similar to those described previously in rotavirus mediated diarrhea in other animals. while an etiology for the diarrhea is not definitively established, it would appear to involve rotavirus ... | 1984 | 6330385 |
| seasonal occurrence and habitat preference of rabid skunks in southern alberta. | eighty cases of rabies in skunks (mephitis mephitis) occurred in southern alberta between december 1, 1979 and december 31, 1981. fifty-three percent (43-80) were diagnosed during march-may (breeding and parturition). there were significantly more rabid females than males during that period. nonrabid and rabid skunks appeared to select occupied sites rather than unoccupied sites for winter and maternity denning. | 1984 | 17422376 |
| skrjabingylus chitwoodorum hill, 1939 (nematoda: metastrongyloidea) in striped skunks from northcentral minnesota. | 1984 | 6530727 | |
| carcinoma of type ii pneumocytes in a striped skunk. | 1985 | 4082392 | |
| histoplasmosis in a striped skunk (mephitis mephitis schreber) from southern illinois. | 1985 | 4078983 | |
| american trypanosomiasis (chagas' disease) in a striped skunk. | 1985 | 3923215 | |
| adiaspiromycosis in striped skunks in alberta, canada. | pulmonary adiaspiromycosis was diagnosed in seven of 25 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) in east-central alberta. the infection varied from mild, where only microscopic lesions were seen, to severe, where gross lesions of grayish-white nodules were observed in the lung parenchyma. mild lesions were restricted to the lung, while severe lesions extended to the tracheobronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes. histologically, the lesions were characterized by a centrally located fungal spherule, surr ... | 1986 | 3951052 |
| arbovirus infections in several ontario mammals, 1975-1980. | serological studies for arboviruses were conducted on 725 animal sera collected in 22 ontario townships between 1975 and 1980 including 44 coyote (canis latrans), 277 red fox (vulpes vulpes), 192 raccoon (procyon lotor) and 212 striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). hemagglutination inhibition antibodies to two flaviviruses, namely st. louis encephalitis and powassan were found in 50% of coyote, 47% of skunk, 26% of fox and 10% of raccoon sera. similarly, hemagglutination inhibition antibodies to a ... | 1986 | 3017527 |
| experimental rabies in skunks: immune response and salivary gland infection. | groups of striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were inoculated intramuscularly with graded doses of street rabies virus. at various intervals after inoculation, saliva and sera were tested for rabies virus and neutralizing antibodies, respectively. skunks that developed rabies were killed in terminal stages of the disease and the following examinations were made: titers of virus and antibody in submandibular salivary glands and brain, extent of immunofluorescence in submandibular salivary glands, ... | 1987 | 3427891 |
| immune response in skunks to a vaccinia virus recombinant expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein. | striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were vaccinated with a vaccinia virus recombinant expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein. virus neutralizing antibodies to rabies virus were present at 14 days postvaccination by the following routes: scarification (6/6), intramuscular (4/4) and intestinal (5/8). six out of seven skunks that ate vaccine filled baits had virus neutralizing antibodies at 28 days. when challenged intramuscularly with street virus, the survival rates were 5/7 for the bait-fed gro ... | 1987 | 3651890 |
| experimental rabies in skunks and foxes. pathogenesis of the spongiform lesions. | the pathogenesis of rabies spongiform lesions in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) and red foxes (vulpes vulpes) was studied by light and electron microscopy and peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunocytochemistry. studies in skunks included use of several street virus variants (different antigenic profiles as tested by monoclonal antibodies) different routes of inoculation (intranasal, intracerebral and intramuscular), immunosuppression of infected skunks, different preparations of virus (brain and ... | 1987 | 3695410 |
| acute toxicity of sodium monofluoroacetate to the striped skunk. | 1987 | 3580616 | |
| rabies and rabies control in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) in three prairie regions of western north america. | the number and geographic distribution of rabies cases in striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) from saskatchewan (n = 2,506 cases), montana (n = 1,142), and alberta (n = 199) since 1963 were reviewed. in saskatchewan the number of cases increased steadily for 5 yr and then fluctuated consistently in a 4 yr cyclic pattern. similarly an initial sweep across the province was followed by a cyclic pattern of geographic expansion (3 to 4 yr) and reduction (1 to 2 yr). no organized control efforts were c ... | 1988 | 3045346 |
| predation pressure on an imperfect batesian micicry complex in the presence of alternative prey. | differential predation pressure and the probability of predation on a batesian mimicry complex and on alternative prey were estimatedin a field experiment. the mimicry complex was composed of a noxious model (eleodes obscura (say)) and a palatable mimic (stenomorpha marginata (leconte)). house crickets (acheta domesticus) (linn.) were used as alternative prey. the experiment was conducted for 23 nights in august and september to approximate the peak seasonal activity time period during which bot ... | 1988 | 28312410 |
| trichinella spiralis in an agricultural ecosystem. iii. epidemiological investigations of trichinella spiralis in resident wild and feral animals. | as part of a larger epidemiological study examining the transmission of trichinella spiralis in an agricultural ecosystem, resident wild and feral animals were trapped to determine the extent of their involvement in the natural, on-farm cycling of the parasite among swine. during a 21-mo-study, seven of 15 skunks (mephitis mephitis), one of three opossums (didelphis virginiana), two of two feral domestic cats and a raccoon (procyon lotor) were found to be infected, while five shrews (blarina bre ... | 1988 | 3193554 |
| comparison of spongiform lesions in experimental scrapie and rabies in skunks. | striped skunks were inoculated intracerebrally with the scrapie agent (suspension of brain from a naturally infected suffolk sheep) or intramuscularly with street rabies virus (suspension of salivary glands from naturally infected skunks). those given the scrapie agent developed clinical signs of weakness, posterior ataxia, and emaciation after incubated periods of 8 to 23 months. those inoculated with rabies virus developed clinical signs of rabies (aggressive behavior, hyperexcitability, ataxi ... | 1988 | 3213430 |
| oral administration of an attenuated strain of canine adenovirus (type 2) to raccoons, foxes, skunk, and mongoose. | an attenuated strain of canine adenovirus type-2 (cav-2) was administered orally to 2 foxes (vulpes fulva), 6 raccoons (procyon lotor), a skunk (mephitis mephitis), and a mongoose (herpestus auropunctatus). blood was collected weekly from the animals to monitor cav-2 virus-neutralizing antibody titers. all animals had increases in titers. sera from 8 foxes, 30 mongooses, 52 raccoons, and 22 skunks trapped in the field had naturally occurring antibody to cav-2. | 1988 | 3348527 |
| growth characteristics in cell culture and pathogenicity in mice of two terrestrial rabies strains indigenous to canada. | two strains of street rabies virus from striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were used to infect either a murine neuroblastoma (na 1300) or a baby hamster kidney (bhk-21/c13) cell culture and the cell infection rates were noted during 4 days postinfection. these cultures were then passaged for four consecutive passages, and the viruses obtained in the supernatant fluids of passage 4 were then treated as original isolates and used to infect both neuroblastoma and baby hamster kidney cells. the mort ... | 1988 | 3378201 |
| sarcocystis sp. in mountain goats (oreamnos americanus) in washington: prevalence and search for the definitive host. | during october and november 1986, sarcocystis sp. was detected in 24 of 56 (43%) tongues from hunter-killed mountain goats (oreamnos americanus) in washington (usa). sarcocysts had an unusual sessile polyp-shaped branched wall. mean size of 154 sarcocysts was 71.3 x 37.8 microns (range, 20 to 248 x 10 to 120 microns), and the mean intensity was 2.3 (range, 1 to 28). in an attempt to identify the definitive host, infected tongues were fed to four coyotes (canis latrans), eight domestic dogs, four ... | 1989 | 2509738 |
| persistent infections of a field strain of rabies virus in murine neuroblastoma (na-c1300) cell cultures. | rabies virus from the brain of a striped skunk (mephitis mephitis) from ontario was inoculated into murine neuroblastoma (na-c1300) cell cultures. these cultures were incubated and the cells were subcultured every three to four days. the presence of viral antigen in the cell cultures was monitored by direct immunofluorescent staining and in the culture fluids by titration in either baby hamster kidney (bhk/c13) or na cells or in experimental mice. the virus-infected na cultures evolved from an i ... | 1989 | 2590871 |
| host associations of ticks (acari: ixodidae) parasitizing medium-sized mammals in a lyme disease endemic area of southern new york. | ticks of eight medium-sized mammal species were studied in an area of endemic lyme disease in westchester county, n.y., from 1 april 1984 to 31 march 1985. most (81%) of the 266 total mammal captures were raccoon, procyon lotor (l.) (47%), opossum, didelphis virginiana (kerr) (19%), and striped skunk, mephitis mephitis schreber (15%); these host species accounted for 91% of the 1,519 ticks collected. although the total number of ticks was rather evenly distributed among these mammals, species co ... | 1989 | 2724317 |
| ineffectiveness and comparative pathogenicity of attenuated rabies virus vaccines for the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | three attenuated rabies virus vaccines (sad-b19, era/bhk-21, aza 2) were compared for efficacy and safety in the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis) by the oral and intranasal routes. the sad-b19 and era/bhk-21 vaccines were given orally; all three vaccines were given intranasally. oral administration of sad-b19 and era/bhk-21 vaccines induced neither seroconversion nor significant protection against rabies challenge. one skunk which consumed a sad-b19 vaccine-laden bait succumbed to vaccine-induc ... | 1990 | 2304207 |
| intramuscular vaccination of skunks and raccoons against rabies. | live-captured striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) and raccoons (procyon lotor) were immunized with inactivated rabies vaccine by intramuscular injection and released at the point of capture during a rabies control program in metropolitan toronto (ontario, canada). serum samples collected prior to and following vaccination revealed that 100% of the skunks and 98% of the raccoons seroconverted. rabies antibody was still detectable 314 to 757 days postvaccination. five of six skunks vaccinated in th ... | 1990 | 2338727 |
| the role of medium-sized mammals as reservoirs of borrelia burgdorferi in southern new york. | the ability of raccoons (procyon lotor), striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) and opossums (didelphis virginiana) to serve as reservoirs of borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of lyme disease, was compared with that of white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus). twenty-eight (28) medium-sized mammals and 34 white-footed mice were captured in westchester county, new york (usa) in summer 1986. animals were caged over pans of water for 1 to 2 days to recover engorged tick larvae (ixodes dammini) ... | 1990 | 2388356 |
| wild carnivore acceptance of baits for delivery of liquid rabies vaccine. | a series of experiments are described on the acceptance, by red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and other species, of two types of vaccine-baits intended to deliver liquid rabies vaccine. the baits consisted of a cube of sponge coated in a mixture of tallow and wax, or a plastic blister-pack embedded in tallow. all baits contained tetracycline as a biological marking agent: examination of thin sections of carnivore canines under an ultraviolet microscope revealed a fluorescent line of tetracycline if an i ... | 1990 | 2250325 |
| new components in defensive secretion of the striped skunk,mephitis mephitis. | gc-ms analysis of the anal sac secretion of the striped skunk (mephitis mephitis), shows seven major components: (e)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol, s-(e)-2-butenyl thioacetate,s-3-methylbutanyl thioacetate, 2-methylquinoline, 2-quinolinemethanethiol, ands-2-quinolinemethyl thioacetate. the following compounds previously reported from this secretion could not be confirmed: bis(2-butenyl) sulfide, (e)-2-butenyl methyl disuffide, (e)-2-butenyl propyl sulfide, butyl 3-methylbutyl disulfid ... | 1990 | 24264006 |
| volatile components in defensive spray of the spotted skunk,spilogale putorius. | gc-ms analysis of the anal sac secretion from the spotted skunk,spilogale putorius, showed three major volatile components: (e)-2-butene-1-thiol, 3-methyl-1-butanethiol, and 2-phenylethanethiol. minor volatile components identified from this secretion were: phenylmethanethiol, 2-methylquinoline, 2-quinolinemethanethiol, bis[(e)-2-butenyl] disulfide, (e)-2-butenyl 3-methylbufyl disulfide, bis(3-methylbutyl) disulfide. all of these compounds except 2-phenylethanethioi have been identified previous ... | 1991 | 24257801 |
| oral vaccination of skunks with raccoon poxvirus recombinants expressing the rabies glycoprotein or the nucleoprotein. | twenty nine skunks (mephitis mephitis) were vaccinated orally with raccoon poxvirus (rcn) recombinants: 10 with a recombinant expressing the rabies virus glycoprotein (rcnrg), 10 with rcnrg mixed with a recombinant expressing the rabies virus nucleoprotein (rcnrn) and nine with rcn alone. rabies virus neutralizing antibodies were detected in six of the 20 skunks; five skunks (three given rcnrg, two given a mixture of recombinants) survived a rabies challenge that was lethal for nine skunks vacci ... | 1991 | 1758034 |
| large-scale eradication of rabies using recombinant vaccinia-rabies vaccine. | rabies infection of domestic and wild animals is a serious problem throughout the world. the major disease vector in europe is the red fox (vulpes vulpes) and rabies control has focused on vaccinating and/or culling foxes. culling has not been effective, and the distribution of five vaccine baits is the only appropriate method for the vaccination of wild foxes. although some european countries have conducted field vaccination campaigns using attenuated rabies virus strains, their use has not bee ... | 1991 | 1758494 |
| the epidemiology of toxoplasmosis on iowa swine farms with an emphasis on the roles of free-living mammals. | multiparous sows from 19 central iowa swine farms were tested for antibodies against toxoplasma gondii by the modified direct agglutination test. antibody titers of 1:32 or greater were considered positive. rodents, domestic cats, opossums (didelphis virginiana), raccoons (procyon lotor) and striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) were live-trapped on each farm and similarly tested for antibodies. the overall prevalence of t. gondii antibodies in the species tested was 39/273 (14.3%) swine, 31/74 (41 ... | 1992 | 1496780 |
| experimental inoculation of raccoons (procyon lotor) with rabies virus of skunk origin. | to determine raccoon (procyon lotor) susceptibility and serum neutralizing antibody response to a skunk salivary gland rabies virus, raccoons were inoculated with a rabies virus isolated from a naturally-infected striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). raccoons were divided into four groups of three animals each. a dilution of the rabies virus suspension, 10(2.4), 10(3.4), or 10(4.8), mouse intracerebral lethal dose50 (micld50), was administered into the masseter muscles of each animal. three negativ ... | 1992 | 1548802 |