| risk factors for toxoplasma gondii infection in wild rodents from central coastal california and a review of t. gondii prevalence in rodents. | sera from 523 wild rodents were tested for toxoplasma gondii antibodies using either an indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) (rats and mice, with titer >or=80 considered positive) or a latex agglutination test (lat) (voles, squirrels, and pocket mice, with titer >or=32 considered positive). seventeen percent (88/523) of the rodents, including 26% (85/328) of the peromyscus sp. and 8% (3/37) of spermophilus beecheyi, were seropositive. fourteen percent (23/161) of rodents captured in trap si ... | 2008 | 18605783 |
| disease surveillance of california ground squirrels ( spermophilus beecheyi ) in a drive-through zoo in oregon, usa. | rodents and other small wild mammals are often considered to be pests and vectors for disease in zoos that house small populations of valuable threatened and endangered animals. in 2005, three nonhuman primates at a drive-through zoo in oregon, us, acquired tularemia from an unknown source. due to an abundance of california ground squirrels ( spermophilus beecheyi ) on zoo grounds, we instituted serosurveillance of this species from july through september 2008 to determine the prevalence of anti ... | 2017 | 28418764 |