| [studies on the giardiasis as the zoonosis. iii. prevalence of giardia among the dogs and the owners in japan]. | to obtain the basic data on the route of giardia infection as zoonosis, of many regions in japan, the feces from 2218 dogs were examined for detection of giardia cysts. giardia cysts were detected in 239 of the 2218 dogs (10.9%), which was the same as previous reports from america. none were found from the owners of 51 dogs in which giardia cysts were detected. the detection rates of each facilities were, 68 of 366 (18.6%) from the breeder's kennels, 169 of 1811 (9.3%) in individual houses, 2 of ... | 1992 | 1402110 |
| hair mercury concentrations in cats and dogs in central japan. | hair mercury concentrations were measured in 41 cats and 34 dogs living in kanagawa, saitama and tokyo prefectures. total mercury concentrations measured by atomic absorption spectrometry were significantly higher (p < 0.01) in cats [7.40 parts per million (ppm) in males and 7.45 ppm in females] than in dogs (0.99 ppm in males and 0.66 ppm in females). mercury in cat hair was correlated with age (p < 0.01) and higher in cats fed with foods prepared by the owners than in those fed with commercial ... | 1995 | 8920117 |
| [anti-toxoplasma antibody levels in the main-land raccoon dog, nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus, in southeastern kanagawa prefecture]. | naturally-occurring toxoplasma infection has been observed for years in various kinds of wild animals. however, the infection situation has not been well characterized due to a lack of research. in present study, latex fixation tests were conducted for 109 main-land raccoon dogs (67 males and 42 females) all of which were kept in kanazawa zoo in yokohama city, kanagawa prefecture between 1991-1994 to measure levels of toxoplasma antibodies. the test results indicated 20 positive samples out of t ... | 1996 | 8952267 |
| [incidence of antibodies in raccoon dogs and deer inhabiting suburban areas]. | we evaluated the incidence of antibodies against canine distemper (cd) virus, canine parvovirus, toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii), aujeszky's disease virus, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, rickettsia tsutsugamushi, rickettsia japonica, and coxiella burnetii in 30 raccoon dogs and 5 deer captured in suburban areas in kanagawa prefecture. among the raccoon dogs, anti-t. gondii antibody was detected in 1 animal (3.3%) and anti-cd virus antibody in 9 (30.0%). however, antibodies ag ... | 1998 | 9621559 |
| mange caused by sarcoptes scabiei (acari: sarcoptidae) in wild raccoon dogs, nyctereutes procyonoides, in kanagawa prefecture, japan. | parasitological and histopathological examinations were performed in 25 raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) obtained in kanagawa prefecture, japan, all of which were found to be heavily infected with sarcoptes scabiei. the mites detected on these raccoon dogs were morphologically indistinguishable from the human species, and no demodex mites were detected. histopathological examinations showed prominent hyperkeratosis and acanthosis with eczema, and numerous burrows containing mites were obs ... | 2001 | 11346184 |
| prevalence of dirofilarial infection in raccoon dogs in japan. | the raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) is known to acquire canine heartworm (dirofilaria immitis) infection. we surveyed the prevalence of heartworm infection in free-ranging raccoon dogs in the nishi-tama (tokyo) and kanagawa areas of japan. a total of 75 raccoon dog carcasses, including 29 animals from the nishi-tama area and 46 from the kanagawa area, were necropsied between 1992 and 1993. eight out of 75 raccoon dogs were found to be infected (overall 10.7%). the prevalence of ... | 2000 | 11426580 |
| epidemiological survey of babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in eastern japan. | to determine the distribution of babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in the eastern part of japan, an epidemiological survey of dogs suspected of having b. gibsoni infection was attempted using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). thirty-five of 115 such dogs (30.4%) were positive by pcr and/or elisa. the 35 positive dogs consisted of 28 tosa dogs, 4 american pit bull terriers, and 3 mongrel dogs in aomori, fukushima, ibaraki, gunma, chiba, tokyo, kana ... | 2005 | 15942130 |
| persistent organochlorines in raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) from japan: hepatic sequestration of oxychlordane. | the present study determined the accumulation features of persistent organochlorines (ocs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its metabolites (ddts), hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (hchs), hexachlorobenzene (hcb), and chlordane compounds (chls) in wild raccoon dogs (rds; nyctereutes procyonoides) collected from kanagawa prefecture in japan during 2001. in livers of rds, chls were remarkably dominant (20 times higher than pcbs) followed by pcbs>ddts>hchs> ... | 2007 | 16839592 |
| evaluation of a microplate agglutination test (mat) for serological diagnosis of canine brucellosis. | a microplate agglutination test (mat) was compared with the tube agglutinin test (tat), a standard test for the diagnosis of brucella canis, in terms of the sensitivity and specificity. the results showed that mat was more sensitive, simpler to perform and easier to read the results than tat. on top of that the mat allows us to handle a larger number of samples at once. using this method we conducted sero-surveillance of the prevalence of b. canis in dogs kept in an animal shelter located in kan ... | 2008 | 18685243 |
| prevalence of dirofilaria immitis infection in living raccoon dogs assessed by hematological examination. | the prevalence of dirofilaria immitis in free-ranging raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) was examined in the southeast region of kanagawa prefecture, japan, using a rapid immunomigration (rim) test kit. between april 2007 and march 2010, we examined 108 raccoon dogs rescued and housed by the kanazawa zoological garden. d. immitis infection was found in 8 (7.4%) raccoon dogs. this is the first report to reveal the prevalence of d. immitis infection in living raccoon dogs. the prev ... | 2011 | 21293077 |
| hematology and serum biochemistry in debilitated, free-ranging raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) infested with sarcoptic mange. | frequent outbreaks of sarcoptes scabiei infestation in raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) have been reported in japan. although many raccoon dogs are brought to kanazawa zoological garden (yokohama, kanagawa, japan) because of s. scabiei infestation and debilitation, some of them die of asthenia. the clinical status of severely debilitated raccoon dogs must be determined to save their lives. in this study, we compared hematological and serum biochemical values between severely debilitated a ... | 2011 | 21749931 |
| a nationwide survey of ixodid tick species recovered from domestic dogs and cats in japan in 2011. | a nationwide survey of ixodid ticks was performed in 2011, during which a total of 4237 and 298 ticks were recovered from 1162 dogs and 136 cats, respectively. haemaphysalis longicornis was the most frequently found tick species on canine hosts (739 dogs), followed by h. flava (166), ixodes ovatus (139), and rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (70). h. hystricis, h. japonica, h. megaspinosa, h. formosensis, h. campanulata, h. ias, i. nipponensis, i. persulcatus, and amblyomma testudinarium were ... | 2014 | 25155339 |