| a pathogenic new species of eimeria from the pygmy rabbit, brachylagus idahoensis, in washington and oregon, with description of the sporulated oocyst and intestinal endogenous stages. | in january 2003, fecal samples from 13 live pygmy rabbits, brachylagus idahoensis (merriam, 1891), were collected at the oregon zoo in portland, oregon, and sent to the university of new mexico (unm), albuquerque, new mexico, to be examined for coccidia. in july 2004, 14 more fecal samples were collected and sent to unm, 6 from some of the same rabbits and 8 from 16 other rabbits (4 were pooled samples from siblings). in addition, tissue sections from 3 dead rabbits (2 from the oregon zoo, 1 fro ... | 2005 | 16108556 |
| detection of babesia and anaplasma species in rabbits from texas and georgia, usa. | rabbits have been shown to harbor a suite of zoonotic organisms, including a babesia species, borrelia burgdorferi, and anaplasma phagocytophilum. in this study, we conducted a molecular survey for various tick-borne pathogens in three species of rabbits from texas and georgia. of 18 black-tailed jackrabbits (lepus californicus) tested from texas, six (28%) were polymerase chain reaction (pcr) positive for babesia, and nucleotide sequencing revealed two distinct species or strains. two jackrabbi ... | 2006 | 16584322 |