Publications
| hepatic capillariasis (capillaria hepatica) in porcupines (erethizon dorsatum) in pennsylvania. | tissues of 53 adult porcupines (erethizon dorsatum) from pennsylvania were obtained for histopathologic examination. hepatic capillariasis was recorded in 9% of the porcupines. an additional 11% of the liver sections showed lesions that were compatible with migration by capillaria hepatica. because only 1 section of the liver per animal was examined microscopically, the documented prevalence of c. hepatica in pennsylvania is considered conservatively low. however, this condition was subclinical, ... | 2000 | 11021437 |
| genetic characterization of sarcoptes scabiei from black bears (ursus americanus) and other hosts in eastern united states. | since the early 1990s there has been an increase in the number of cases and geographic expansion of severe mange in the black bear (ursus americanus) population in pennsylvania. although there are 3 species of mites associated with mange in bears, sarcoptes scabiei has been identified as the etiologic agent in these pennsylvania cases. historically s. scabiei-associated mange in bears has been uncommon and sporadic although it is widespread and relatively common in canid populations. to better u ... | 2017 | 28639466 |