| new ruminant hosts and wider geographic range identified for babesia odocoilei (emerson and wright 1970). | babesia odocoilei was found to infect two previously unknown host species, desert bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis nelsoni) and musk oxen (ovibos moschatus), both of which are members of the family bovidae. previously, b. odocoilei has been reported in only cervidae hosts. new geographic regions where b. odocoilei infections have not been reported previously include pennsylvania and new york, where fatal babesiosis has occurred in reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus); new hampshire, where elk (ce ... | 2005 | 16456156 |
| isolation of viable toxoplasma gondii, molecular characterization, and seroprevalence in elk (cervus canadensis) in pennsylvania, usa. | toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis. the ingestion of uncooked/undercooked meat and consumption of water contaminated with toxoplasma gondii oocysts excreted by felids are the main modes of transmission of this parasite. t. gondii has been reported in multiple cervid species; however, little is known of the parasite in north american elk (cervus canadensis). in the present study, antibodies to t. gondii were detected in serum of wild elk from pennsylvania collected during 2013-2016 by the modi ... | 2017 | 28807274 |