Publications
| disseminated toxoplasmosis in antillean manatees trichechus manatus manatus from puerto rico. | necropsies were conducted on 4 antillean manatees trichechus manatus manatus that were stranded in single events on the coastal beaches of puerto rico from august 2010 to august 2011. three manatees were emaciated and the gastrointestinal tracts were devoid of digesta. microscopically, all manatees had severe widespread inflammatory lesions of the gastrointestinal tract and heart with intralesional tachyzoites consistent with toxoplasma gondii identified by histological, ultrastructural and immu ... | 2012 | 23135141 |
| investigating seagrass in toxoplasma gondii transmission in florida (trichechus manatus latirostris) and antillean (t. m. manatus) manatees. | toxoplasma gondii is a feline protozoan reported to cause morbidity and mortality in manatees and other marine mammals. given the herbivorous nature of manatees, ingestion of oocysts from contaminated water or seagrass is presumed to be their primary mode of infection. the objectives of this study were to investigate oocyst contamination of seagrass beds in puerto rico and determine the seroprevalence of t. gondii in antillean (trichechus manatus manatus) and florida (t. m. latirostris) manatees ... | 2017 | 29256429 |