| tyzzer's disease in a eurasian otter (lutra lutra) in scotland. | a eurasian otter (lutra lutra) cub found in weak condition on the isle of harris, scotland, developed bilateral corneal oedema 16 days after being admitted to a rehabilitation centre. it died unexpectedly on day 26. on postmortem examination, there was excess clear fluid in the body cavities and the liver was swollen with numerous pale focal lesions and petechial haemorrhages throughout. histopathological examination revealed bundles of bacilli morphologically typical of clostridium piliforme wi ... | 2008 | 18978367 |
| prevalence, distribution and pathological significance of the bile fluke pseudamphistomum truncatum in eurasian otters (lutra lutra) in great britain. | postmortem examinations on 160 otters found dead in great britain from 2005 to 2007 showed a high prevalence of infection with the bile fluke pseudamphistomum truncatum in otters from somerset and dorset but no infection in otters from other areas, including cornwall, the western half of devon, north-east england and scotland. cases were also recorded for the first time in gloucestershire and east anglia. eighteen of the 28 infected otters were male and no cubs were infected, but there was no si ... | 2009 | 19329809 |
| distribution and molecular phylogeny of biliary trematodes (opisthorchiidae) infecting native lutra lutra and alien neovison vison across europe. | the recent identification of pseudamphistomum truncatum, (rudolphi, 1819) (trematoda: opisthorchiidae) and metorchis bilis (braun, 1790) odening, 1962 (synonymous with metorchis albidus (braun, 1893) loos, 1899 and metorchis crassiusculus (rudolphi, 1809) looss, 1899 (trematoda: opisthorchiidae)) in otters from britain caused concern because of associated biliary damage, coupled with speculation over their alien status. here, we investigate the presence, intensity and phylogeny of these trematod ... | 2016 | 26620805 |
| molecular detection of sarcocystis lutrae in the european badger (meles meles) in scotland. | neck samples from 54 badgers and 32 tongue samples of the same badgers (meles meles), collected in the lothians and borders regions of scotland, were tested using polymerase chain reactions (pcrs) directed against the 18s ribosomal dna and the internal transcribed spacer (its1) region of protozoan parasites of the family sarcocystidae. positive results were obtained from 36/54 (67%) neck and 24/32 (75%) tongue samples using an 18s rdna pcr. a 468 base pair consensus sequence that was generated f ... | 2017 | 28641603 |