| prevalence, infectivity and oocyst sporulation time of rabbit-coccidia in taiwan. | prevalence of eimeria species parasitizing rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) in taiwan were investigated. six eimeria species, namely: eimeria media (prevalence, 158/642; 24.6%), eimeria magna (101/642; 15.7%), eimeria perforans (58/642; 9.0%), eimeria coecicola (46/642; 7.2%), eimeria piriformis (16/642; 2.5%), and eimeria exigua (9/642; 1.4%) were observed. the overall prevalence of these coccidial infections in rabbits from pet shops and farms was 46.2% and 41.7%, respectively. concurrent infec ... | 2010 | 21399582 |
| metagonimus yokogawai: metacercariae survey in fishes and its development to adult worms in various rodents. | a parasitological survey for metagonimus yokogawai metacercariae was carried out by examining a total of 321 freshwater fish comprising of 7 species. of the 321 fish samples examined, 182 (56.7%) were found to be infected with m. yokogawai metacercariae. the prevalence of m. yokogawai metacercariae in opsariichthys pachycephalus was 93.4% (86/92), zacco platypus 75.0% (30/40), distoechodon turmirostris 61.3% (38/62), varicorhinus barbatulus 56.5% (13/23), hemibarbus labeo 33.3% (1/3), acrossoche ... | 2013 | 23388732 |
| role of chronic inflammation in myopia progression: clinical evidence and experimental validation. | prevention and treatment of myopia is an important public problem worldwide. we found a higher incidence of myopia among patients with inflammatory diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (7.9%), uveitis (3.7%), or systemic lupus erythematosus (3.5%) compared to those without inflammatory diseases (p<0.001) using data from children (<18years old) in the national health insurance research database. we then examined the inhibition of myopia by atropine in syrian hamsters with monocular form depr ... | 2016 | 27470424 |
| effects of combined extract of cocoa, coffee, green tea and garcinia on lipid profiles, glycaemic markers and inflammatory responses in hamsters. | dyslipidaemia is highly associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which have been ranked second and third place of leading causes of death in taiwan. some plant extracts have been proved effective against dyslipidaemia. however, the combination of plant extracts was rarely studied. the purpose of the present study is to understand the beneficial effects of a combined extract (comprising cocoa, coffee, green tea and garcinia; ccgg) on lipid profiles in serum, liver, and faeces ... | 2015 | 26264374 |