| incidence of brown dog ticks, rhipicephalus sanguineus, at a kennel in okayama prefecture. | twenty two adult dogs suffered from tick infestation at a kennel in okayama prefecture in the summer of 1994. four of them had been introduced from u.s.a. some dogs showed pyoderma, anemia, neutrophilia or eosinophilia. neither babesia gibsoni nor hepatozoon canis was detected on the smear samples of peripheral blood. the ticks detected were morphologically identified as rhipicephalus sanguineus. this case was a rare incidence of the tick in the other areas of japan than okinawa. | 1995 | 7548423 |
| survey of the stray dog population and the health education program on the prevention of dog bites and dog-acquired infections: a comparative study in nepal and okayama prefecture, japan. | we estimated the number of stray dogs in kathmandu, nepal, where human rabies cases still occur, and in shimotsui, okayama prefecture, japan. in kathmandu, the stray dog density was 2,930 stray dogs/km2, and the ratio of stray dogs to humans was 1:4.7. in shimotsui, the density was 225 stray dogs/km2, and the ratio was 1:5.2. since the stray dog population in nepal is very large, one of the measures used to prevent dog bites and dog-acquired infections such as rabies is an effort to capture stra ... | 2003 | 14679405 |
| survey of tick-borne diseases in dogs infested with rhipicephalus sanguineus at a kennel in okayama prefecture, japan. | serological tests were performed to investigate extent of tick-borne diseases in dogs infested with rhipicephalus sanguineus at a kennel in okayama prefecture. three of 22 dogs (13.6%) were positive for ehrlichia canis. two of 19 dogs (10.5%) were positive for rickettsia japonica. three of 22 dogs (13.6%) were positive for babesia gibsoni. none of these animals were positive for coxiella burnetii or hepatozoon canis. a microfilaria was detected in a drop smear of hemolymph from an engorged femal ... | 1998 | 9673953 |
| seasonal occurrence of rhipicephalus sanguineus in okayama prefecture, japan and effect of temperature on development of the tick. | the seasonal occurrence of rhipicephalus sanguineus on dogs was examined at a kennel in okayama prefecture, japan. the number of ticks suddenly decreased after treatment with an acaricide in late august. small numbers of adults and nymphs were detected in september and october, then ticks were not seen on the dogs early in november, when the mean temperature was below 15 degrees c. then 3 dogs were found to be infested by some adult ticks toward the end of march, when the mean temperature was ab ... | 1996 | 8777229 |
| incidence of yersinia organism in hare in the northwestern region of okayama prefecture. | | 1984 | 6398397 |