| biomedical evaluation of free-ranging ring-tailed lemurs (lemur catta) in three habitats at the beza mahafaly special reserve, madagascar. | complete physical examinations and biomedical sample collection were performed on 70 free-ranging ring-tailed lemurs (lemur catta) from three different habitats in the beza mahfaly special reserve (bmsr), in southern madagascar, to assess the impact of humans and habitat on lemur health. lemurs were chemically immobilized with ketamine and diazepam administered via blow darts for concurrent biomedical, morphometric, and behavioral studies. subsets of the animals had blood analyzed for hematology ... | 2007 | 17679503 |
| seroprevalence of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis on réunion. | | 2002 | 12046790 |
| the tick vectors of cowdria ruminantium (ixodoidea, ixodidae, genus amblyomma) and their distribution. | twelve species of amblyomma are presently known to be capable of transmitting cowdria ruminantium. of these a. variegatum is the most important and widely distributed vector in africa. it has also extended its range considerably outside this continent, eastward to the yemen arab republic and to the islands of madagascar, réunion and mauritius, and westward to the cape verde islands and to some of the west indian islands. a. hebraeum is probably the only field vector in most parts of southern afr ... | 1987 | 3329325 |
| serological evaluation of ehrlichia canis infections in military dogs in africa and reunion island. | sixty-eight dogs from four african countries and reunion island were tested for antibodies against ehrlichia canis. twenty-six dogs (50%) in tunisia, senegal and chad were found positive using the indirect fluorescence antibody test. dogs from both the central african republic and reunion island were all negative. thus, this preliminary report confirms the presence of e. canis in africa. larger studies will be necessary to evaluate the current epidemiologic situation of canine ehrlichiosis in th ... | 1991 | 2024432 |