| meningoencephalitis associated with sarcocystis spp. in a free-living japanese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus). | a free-living, young adult, male japanese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) was rescued in gifu, japan in march 2009. the animal was weak and emaciated with neurological signs that included head tilt, tremor and tic. the brain showed no gross abnormality at necropsy, but microscopically there was severe meningoencephalitis associated with protozoa, which were morphologically consistent with the asexual developmental stage of sarcocystis spp. the protozoa were immunohistochemicall ... | 2010 | 20163802 |
| seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii infection in cattle, horses, pigs and chickens in japan. | the presence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in livestock and poultry was investigated by latex agglutination tests; samples that agglutinated at dilutions of 1:64 or higher were regarded as positive. sera were collected from fattening beef cattle (102 japanese black, 105 crossbreeds and 114 castrated holstein), culled dairy cattle (101 holstein), 100 horses, 115 fattening pigs and 235 chickens (163 free-range and 72 broilers) at abattoirs in gifu prefecture, japan, from august 2012 to august ... | 2014 | 24780140 |