Publications

epidemiology of potomac horse fever: an investigation into the possible role of non-equine mammals.	a serological study of antibodies to ehrlichia risticii was carried out on 10 species of wild and domestic mammals found on or near 21 horse farms in an area of the usa in which potomac horse fever is endemic. no antibodies were found in 133 peridomestic rodents (norway rats and house mice), nor in 108 wild rodents (white-footed mice and meadow voles) captured on farms. three of the six domestic animal species examined, cats, pigs and a goat, showed serological evidence of exposure to e risticii ...	1989	2773237
absence of la crosse virus in the presence of aedes triseriatus on the delmarva peninsula.	between 1980 and 1984, field studies were conducted in 2 areas on the delmarva peninsula to identify the presence of la crosse (lac) virus. ovitraps were used to collect eggs of aedes triseriatus complex mosquitoes. no virus was obtained from 969 pools containing 22,370 adult mosquitoes reared from eggs. only 1 of 143 raccoon serum samples had neutralizing antibody to lac virus; 36 sentinel domestic goats, and 99 other wild mammal serum samples were negative. the apparent absence of lac virus ma ...	1986	3507467
serologic evidence of jamestown canyon and keystone virus infection in vertebrates of the delmarva peninsula.	serological data accumulated during the past decade indicated that a variety of feral and domestic animals of the delaware-maryland-virginia (delmarva) peninsula were infected with jamestown canyon (jc) and/or keystone (key) viruses (bunyaviridae, california serogroup). neutralizing (n) antibody to jc virus was most prevalent in white-tailed deer, sika deer, cottontail rabbits and horses. key virus n antibody was detected most frequently in gray squirrels and domestic goats. n antibody indicativ ...	1982	7149110
services provided by and veterinary education of small ruminant practitioners.		1996	8707671
cryptosporidium xiaoi n. sp. (apicomplexa: cryptosporidiidae) in sheep (ovis aries).	a new species, cryptosporidium xiaoi, is described from sheep. oocysts of c. xiaoi, previously identified as the cryptosporidium bovis-like genotype or as c. bovis from sheep in spain, tunisia, united kingdom, and the united states are recorded as such in genbank (eu408314-eu408317, eu327318-eu327320, ef362478, ef514234, dq991389, and ef158461). oocysts obtained from naturally infected sheep were infectious for a lamb and oocysts from that lamb were infectious for three other lambs. the prepaten ...	2009	19501967