| prevalence of ehrlichia canis, anaplasma platys, babesia canis vogeli, hepatozoon canis, bartonella vinsonii berkhoffii, and rickettsia spp. in dogs from grenada. | to identify the tick-borne pathogens in dogs from grenada, we conducted a serologic survey for ehrlichia canis in 2004 (104 dogs) and a comprehensive serologic and molecular survey for a variety of tick-borne pathogens in 2006 (73 dogs). in 2004 and 2006, 44 and 32 dogs (42.3% and 43.8%) were seropositive for e. canis, respectively. in 2006, several tick-borne pathogens were identified by serology and pcr. dna of e. canis, anaplasma platys, babesia canis vogeli, hepatozoon canis, and bartonella ... | 2008 | 18160223 |
| nocardia grenadensis sp. nov. isolated from sand of the caribbean sea near grenada. | a gram-positive, non-spore-forming bacterium (gw5-5797t) was isolated from sand collected in 5 m depth of the caribbean sea near grenada on soil extract agar. the 16s rrna gene sequence analysis and similarity studies showed, that strain gw5-5797t belongs to the genus nocardia, and is most closely related to nocardia speluncae n2-11t (99.2 %) and nocardia jinanensis 04-5195t (99.2 %), and is more distantly related to nocardia rhamnosiphila 202gmot (98.6%) and other nocardia species. gw5-5797t co ... | 2011 | 21551327 |
| co-infection with anaplasma platys, bartonella henselae and candidatus mycoplasma haematoparvum in a veterinarian. | during a two year period, a 27-year-old female veterinarian experienced migraine headaches, seizures, including status epilepticus, and other neurological and neurocognitive abnormalities. prior to and during her illness, she had been actively involved in hospital-based work treating domestic animals, primarily cats and dogs, in grenada and ireland and anatomical research requiring the dissection of wild animals (including lions, giraffe, rabbits, mongoose, and other animals), mostly in south af ... | 2013 | 23587235 |
| survey of helminths, ectoparasites, and chytrid fungus of an introduced population of cane toads, rhinella marina (anura: bufonidae), from grenada, west indies. | one hundred specimens of rhinella marina , (anura: bufonidae) collected in st. george's parish, grenada, from september 2010 to august 2011, were examined for the presence of ectoparasites and helminths. ninety-five (95%) were parasitized by 1 or more parasite species. nine species of parasites were found: 1 digenean, 2 acanthocephalans, 4 nematodes, 1 arthropod and 1 pentastome. the endoparasites represented 98.9% of the total number of parasite specimens collected. grenada represents a new loc ... | 2014 | 24960037 |
| new species of parapharyngodon (nematoda: pharyngodonidae) in rhinella marina (anura: bufonidae) from grenada, west indies. | parapharyngodon grenadaensis n. sp. (nematoda: pharyngodonidae) from the large intestine of the cane toad, rhinella marina, is described and illustrated. parapharyngodon grenadaensis n. sp. is the 48th species assigned to the genus and the 16th species from the neotropical region. it differs from other species in the genus by possessing 4 pairs of caudal papillae, an echinate anterior cloacal lip, and a blunt spicule of 67-104 μm. this is only the second report of r. marina harboring a species o ... | 2013 | 23106786 |