| new locality record for heterobilharzia americana. | thirty raccoons (procyon lotor) from three counties in east-central and southeast kansas (usa) were examined for schistosomiasis. eleven (37%) of the raccoons had adult schistosomes identified as heterobilharzia americana present in the mesenteric vessels, histopathological lesions compatible with schistosomiasis, or both. this represents the first report of h. americana in kansas and in the central united states. | 1991 | 2023315 |
| epidemiologic characteristics of human tularemia in the southwest-central states, 1981-1987. | from 1981 through 1987, a total of 1,041 cases of tularemia in humans were reported in arkansas, kansas, louisiana, missouri, oklahoma, and texas; this represents 60% of the cases reported in the united states during this same time period. the state of arkansas reported the highest total (420 cases). annual incidence rates per one million population ranged from 36.3 in arkansas to less than 5.0 in kansas, louisiana, and texas. epidemiologic data were available for 1,026 cases. the majority of ca ... | 1991 | 2035503 |
| gastrointestinal helminths and protozoa from two raccoon populations in kansas. | a survey in kansas compared the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths and protozoa in 2 raccoon (procyon lotor) populations; a population in a typical rural setting and a relatively undisturbed population on a military reservation. gastrointestinal tracts of 128 raccoons were examined. freeze storage of alimentary tracts prevented collection of data on trematode prevalence. helminth infections other than trematodes included 1 acanthocephalan, 2 cestodes, and 3 nematodes. helminths were found ... | 1989 | 2614594 |
| ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected from small and medium-sized kansas mammals. | seven species of hard-bodied ticks were collected from 20 species of small and medium-sized mammals in kansas; amblyomma americanum l., dermacentor variabilis (say), haemaphysalis leporispalustris (packard), ixodes cookei packard, i. kingi bishopp, i. sculptus neumann, and i. texanus banks. dermacentor variabilis was found statewide, a. americanum only in the eastern one-third of the state, and the ixodes spp. and h. leporispalustris were widely scattered. the most common tick found was d. varia ... | 1994 | 8057327 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 1992. | in 1992, 49 states, the district of columbia, and puerto rico reported 8,644 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 1 case in a human being to the centers for disease control and prevention. almost 92% (7,912 cases) were wild animals, the largest number of wild animals ever reported, whereas 8.5% (732 cases) were domestic species. the total number of reported cases increased 23.9% over that of 1991 (6,975 cases), with most of the increase resulting from continued spread of rabies in raccoons. t ... | 1993 | 8307825 |
| normal conjunctival flora in the north american opossum (didelphis virginiana) and raccoon (procyon lotor). | we documented the normal conjunctival bacterial flora from 17 opossums (didelphis virginiana) and 10 raccoons (procyon lotor) trapped in manhattan, kansas (usa) from november 1999 to january 2000. both raccoons and opossums were free of apparent ocular disease. the inferior conjunctival sacs of each animal were swabbed for aerobic bacterial and mycoplasma culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for mycoplasma and chlamydia detection. all conjunctival samples were positive for one or more spe ... | 2002 | 12528457 |
| canine schistosomiasis in north america: an underdiagnosed disease with an expanding distribution. | heterobilharzia americana, a digenean trematode in the family schistosomatidae, is the etiologic agent of canine schistosomiasis in the southeastern united states.1 a few cases of canine schistosomiasis have been reported in florida, louisiana, north carolina, texas, and, recently, kansas.1-6 the natural definitive host for the fluke is the raccoon1; however, infections have been detected in nutrias, bobcats, mountain lions, opossums, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, armadillos, coyotes, red wo ... | 2010 | 20473851 |
| intoxication of nontarget wildlife with rodenticides in northwestern kansas. | the perception of prairie dogs (cynomys spp.) both as a nuisance species and a keystone species presents a significant challenge to land, livestock, and wildlife managers. anticoagulant and nonanticoagulant rodenticides are commonly employed to control prairie dog populations throughout their range. chlorophacinone, and to a lesser extent zinc phosphide, are widely used in northwestern kansas for controlling black-tailed prairie dog (cynomys ludovicianus) populations. although zinc phosphide poi ... | 2011 | 21270011 |
| environmental contaminants in raccoons in kansas. | | 1987 | 3440148 |