| current status and epidemiological observation of thelazia callipaeda (spirurida, thelaziidae) in dogs, cats and foxes in italy: a "coincidence" or a parasitic disease of the old continent? | thelazia callipaeda is a spirurid nematode which causes ocular infections in dogs and man and, occasionally, in cats, foxes and rabbits. the intermediate host and vector of t. callipaeda is unknown. for a long time t. callipaeda incidence was reported only from the russian federation and the far east, but recently it has also been found in italy. in order to investigate the spread of t. callipaeda in italy, a survey was carried out in two sites, site a in the piedmont region (north west italy), ... | 2003 | 14580802 |
| eastern cottontail (sylvilagus floridanus) as carrier of dermatophyte fungi. | eastern cottontail (sylvilagus floridanus, fam. leporidae), introduced into piedmont (italy) in the 1960s, was studied as carrier of dermatophyte fungi. of 216 hair samples collected from animals culled between september 1999 and july 2000 in the province of alessandria (piedmont, italy) during a pest control project, 57 (26.4%) yielded dermatophyte colonies. as two different species of dermatophytes grew from two samples, a total of 59 fungal isolates (26.5%) were obtained. six dermatophyte spe ... | 2005 | 16170613 |