| accurate analysis of prevalence of coccidiosis in individually identified wild cranes in inhabiting and migrating populations in japan. | eimeria gruis and e. reichenowi cause coccidiosis, a major parasitic disease of cranes. by non-invasive molecular approaches, we investigated the prevalence and genetic characterization of pathogens in two japanese crane habitats; one is hokkaido inhabited by the endangered red-crowned crane, and the other is izumi in kyushu where populations that consist mainly of vulnerable hooded and white-naped cranes migrate in winter. the non-invasively collected faecal samples from each wintering populati ... | 2011 | 21895916 |
| detection of parasitizing coccidia and determination of host crane species, sex and genotype by faecal dna analysis. | in japan, the three main crane species are the endangered red-crowned crane (grus japonensis) inhabiting hokkaido, the northernmost island of japan; the vulnerable hooded crane (grus monacha); and the vulnerable white-naped crane (grus vipio). both the hooded and white-naped cranes migrate in winter to izumi in kyushu, the southern island of japan. in this study, we investigated the cranes and their coccidian parasites, through a targeted molecular approach using faecal dna to develop a noninvas ... | 2011 | 21791031 |