| isolation of mycoplasmas from experimental ferrets (mustela putorius). | a total of 21 apparently healthy experimental ferrets, 8 males and 13 females, comprizing 1, 2 and 3 year-old animals were examined for mycoplasmatales. mycoplasmas were isolated from 17 samples of 21 oral cavities (81.0%), and from 2 of 21 nasal cavities (9.5%), but not from the prepuce or vagina of the animals. neither ureaplasma nor acholeplasma was demonstrated in any of the locations of the ferrets examined. these mycoplasma strains proved to metabolize glucose but not arginine and urea. th ... | 1982 | 7169088 |
| neurologic disorders in the raccoon in northeastern united states. | | 1981 | 7035419 |
| tactile receptor discharge and mechanical properties of glabrous skin. | current knowledge of the functional properties of mammalian cutaneous mechanoreceptors is reviewed with special reference to receptors associated with the glabrous skin of the raccoon and squirrel monkey hand. four physiologically defined mechanoreceptor types are recognized: pacinian afferents, rapidly adapting (ra), and slowly adapting type i (sai), and slowly adapting type ii (saii). the sai category is divided into moderately slowly adapting and very slowly adapting (vsa) types in terms of t ... | 1983 | 6852270 |
| [final host specificity of sarcocystis species transmitted by dogs (authors's transl)]. | dogs and raccoons were fed muscle of various intermediate hosts that had been infected either naturally or artificially wit sarcocystis species transmitted from dogs. the muscle samples used for the experiments contained cysts of the following species: s. sp. of the donkey, s. bovicanis of cattle, s. ovicanis and s. sp. of sheep, s. suicanis of pigs, or s. capracanis and s. sp. of goats. in all trails, the dogs shed sporocysts of the sarcocystis species concerned after a typical prepatency. in t ... | 1981 | 6798774 |
| the polar lipids from keratinized tissues of some vertebrates. | 1. the lipids from a variety of keratinized tissues from terrestrial vertebrates were extracted with chloroform:methanol and the nonpolar and saponifiable lipids were removed. the composition of the remaining polar lipids was examined by thin layer chromatography and color reactions. 2. the tissues studied included: hair from a monkey (macacca fascicularis), dog (canis familiaris), raccoon (procyon lotor) and cow (bos taurus); full-thickness epidermis from a pig (sus scrofa) and pilot whale (glo ... | 1982 | 7172624 |
| sarcocystis and other coccidia in foxes and other wild carnivores from montana. | sarcocystis spp sporocysts were found in feces of 10.1% of 198 red foxes (vulpes vulpes), in 3.2% of 61 bobcats (lynx rufus), in 16.6% of 12 mountain lions (felis concolor), in 16.6% of 6 fisher (martes pennanti), and in none of 20 wolverines (gulo gulo), 4 mink (mustela vison), or 10 raccoons (procyon lotor). sarcocystis muris and toxoplasma gondii were not found in laboratory mice inoculated with feces of bobcats and mountain lions. | 1982 | 6816776 |
| contralateral corticothalamic projections from area 6 in the raccoon. | contralateral corticothalamic projections from cytoarchitectonic area 6 in the raccoon were studied using the autoradiographic tracing technique. following injections of tritiated amino acids, accumulations of silver grains were present over both the ipsilateral and contralateral ventral medial, central lateral, paracentral, central medial, parafascicular and mediodorsal thalamic nuclei. these nuclei are also known to receive a number bilateral subcortical motor inputs. the additional presence o ... | 1984 | 6733457 |
| raccoon ascarid larvae as a cause of fatal central nervous system disease in subhuman primates. | to assess the danger of baylisascaris procyonis (the common roundworm of raccoons) to subhuman primates, as well as the zoonotic potential of the parasite, 4 squirrel monkeys were inoculated by stomach tube with 5,000 or 10,500 infective b procyonis eggs. fulminating severe cns disease developed at 10-15 days after inoculation, and the monkeys died or were euthanatized at 12-19 days. at necropsy, numerous hemorrhagic migration tracks were visible in coronal brain slices. histologically, numerous ... | 1981 | 7199033 |
| chromosomal analysis of the japanese raccoon dog based on the g- and c-banding techniques. | | 1982 | 7169725 |
| borrelia burgdorferi in eastern virginia: comparison between a coastal and inland locality. | in virginia, borrelia burgdorferi was more prevalent in a site along the atlantic ocean, near maryland, than in an inland site near williamsburg and yorktown. at the coastal site on assateague island, b. burgdorferi was isolated from 4.2% of 475 animals sampled, including four species of small mammals. serologic tests indicated that 25-37% of the small rodents assayed had been exposed to b. burgdorferi. immunofluorescence antibody assays specific for b. burgdorferi showed spirochete infection in ... | 1995 | 7677212 |
| cerebrospinal nematodiasis in a woodchuck suspected of having rabies. | a young woodchuck (marmota monax) with a history of cns dysfunction and abnormal behavior was submitted frozen to the animal disease diagnostic laboratory, purdue university, as a rabies suspect. the woodchuck was negative for rabies by the fluorescent antibody test. histologically, multifocal areas of necrosis, malacia, and inflammation were seen in sections of cerebrum, midbrain, and cerebellum, accompanied by marked perivascular cuffing with eosinophils and lymphocytes. sections of lung conta ... | 1981 | 7199034 |
| helminth parasites of translocated raccoons (procyon lotor) in the southeastern united states. | raccoons (procyon lotor) typical of animals released by private hunting clubs in the appalachian mountains were examined for helminth parasites to evaluate the influence raccoon translocation might have on parasitic diseases. results were compared with data from resident raccoons from characteristic release areas. translocated raccoons harbored 19 helminth species that were exotic to resident animals. most of these exotic parasites were trematodes (74%). an additional 19 species were found in bo ... | 1981 | 7241707 |
| natural la crosse virus infection in the red fox (vulpes fulva), gray fox (urocyon cinereoargenteus), raccoon (procyon lotor), and opossum (didelphis virginiana). | natural infection of sentinel red foxes (vulpes fulva) and free-ranging red foxes, gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus) and raccoons (procyon lotor) with la crosse (lac) virus was demonstrated. one isolate of lac virus was obtained from a sentinel red fox in an enzootic area. the viremia titer of the lac virus-infected red fox was above the threshold of infection for aedes triseriatus mosquitoes. antibody responses were measured by the microneutralization test employing four california group vi ... | 1981 | 7258486 |
| isolation of mycoplasmas from raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), fox (vulpes vulpes japonica) and japanese badger (meles meles anakuma). | | 1981 | 7289340 |
| epidemiology of alaria marcianae mesocercariae in louisiana. | natural infections of alaria marcianae mesocercariae were detected in five amphibian, seven reptilian, and two mammalian species in louisiana. alligators were susceptible to experimental infections with mesocercariae. natural infections were also found in the subcutaneous fat of raccoons and opossums. examination of three gravid opossums showed a marked preference of the mesocercariae for the mammary glands, however, we were unable to find transmission of mesocercariae to any of the 27 young. ba ... | 1981 | 7328467 |
| cerebrospinal nematodiasis and visceral larva migrans in an australian (latham's) brush turkey. | cerebrospinal nematodiasis and visceral larva migrans were diagnosed in an australian (latham's) brush turkey (alectura lathami) that died at the indianapolis zoo following a progressive neurologic disease. histologically, multifocal areas of malacia, necrosis, and inflammation were seen in sections of cerebrum, cerebellum, and midbrain; lesions were most severe in the cerebellum. a large granuloma in a lung contained cross sections of a large ascarid larva identified as baylisascaris. the cns l ... | 1982 | 7174447 |
| geographic variation in helminth parasites from the digestive tract of tennessee raccoons, procyon lotor. | the stomachs and intestinal tracts of 253 raccoons, procyon lotor, were examined for helminth parasites. sixteen species of helminths were found including eight trematodes, two cestodes, five nematodes, and one acanthocephalan. fourteen of these helminths are new geographic records for the state of tennessee. multivariate statistical techniques were used to analyze two-state and multistate character sets. matrices of correlation among characters were computed and the first three principal compon ... | 1980 | 7365628 |
| lagochilascaris major in a raccoon. | a granulomatous mesenteric mass containing numerous adult lagochilascaris major was found in a raccoon near houston, texas. this is the first report of a lagochilascaris in a species other than the opossum in north america. | 1980 | 7373727 |
| development of tetrapetalonema llewellyni to the infective stage in culicoides hollensis. | the vector requirements and course of larval development for tetrapetalonema llewellyni price, 1962, a common filaria of raccoons in louisiana, are described for the first time. development (from microfilaria to infective stage) took place in the thoracic muscles of the biting midge, culicoides hollensis (melander and brues, 1902) foote and pratt, 1954, and required 9 days under laboratory conditions. the findings of this study suggest that species of culicoides may serve as natural vectors of t ... | 1982 | 7077459 |
| blood hosts of aedes albopictus in the united states. | bloodfed aedes albopictus were collected during 1989-91 by vacuum aspirator from rural and urban study sites in missouri, florida, indiana, illinois, and louisiana. blood hosts identified by elisa and precipitin tests were rabbit (n = 91), rattus sp. (n = 69), dog (n = 14), unidentified mammal (n = 14), cow (n = 13), human (n = 10), deer (n = 10), sciurid (n = 7), turtle (n = 5), murid other than rattus sp. (n = 4), raccoon (n = 3), passeriform bird (n = 3), and cat (n = 2). as an opportunistic ... | 1994 | 7807094 |
| ectoparasites of opossums and raccoons in southeastern georgia. | twelve species of ectoparasites (four fleas, three ticks, three chiggers, one macronyssid mite, and one atopomelid mite) were recovered from 42 opossums, didelphis virginiana kerr, live-trapped from september 1992 through april 1994 in southeastern georgia. the fleas, ctenocephalides felis (bouché) (prevalence = 19%) and polygenis gwyni (c. fox) (36%); the ticks, dermacentor variabilis (say) (40%) and ixodes scapularis say (19%); and the macronyssid mite, ornithonyssus wernecki (fonseca) (21%), ... | 1994 | 7815408 |
| comparison of primary skunk brain and kidney and raccoon kidney cells with established cell lines for isolation and propagation of street rabies virus. | cell cultures prepared from skunk kidney, raccoon kidney, and skunk brain were compared with cer, murine neuroblastoma (c1300, clone na), baby hamster kidney (bhk-21, s-13), and dog kidney (mdck) cell lines for virus isolation and propagation of street and fixed rabies virus. the skunk brain cells were suitable for efficient replication of all the virus isolates. they were comparable to cer and murine neuroblastoma cells for virus isolation and propagation. none of the other cell cultures was sa ... | 1983 | 6885165 |
| parvovirus infection in translocated raccoons. | severe enteritis attributed to parvovirus infection was diagnosed in raccoons (procyon lotor) purchased from a commercial animal dealer for interstate translocation. intestinal lesions included edema, hyperemia, and focal mucosal necrosis. microscopically, intestinal villi were reduced markedly, and there was necrosis of the glandular crypts. intranuclear inclusions were seen in many crypt cells. a parvovirus that was infective for crandell feline kidney cells and primary canine kidney cells was ... | 1980 | 7451313 |
| discovery of naturally infected raccoon dog, (nyctereutes procyonoides gray) wild animal reservoir host of leishmaniasis in china. | | 1982 | 6814844 |
| serologic evidence of jamestown canyon and keystone virus infection in vertebrates of the delmarva peninsula. | serological data accumulated during the past decade indicated that a variety of feral and domestic animals of the delaware-maryland-virginia (delmarva) peninsula were infected with jamestown canyon (jc) and/or keystone (key) viruses (bunyaviridae, california serogroup). neutralizing (n) antibody to jc virus was most prevalent in white-tailed deer, sika deer, cottontail rabbits and horses. key virus n antibody was detected most frequently in gray squirrels and domestic goats. n antibody indicativ ... | 1982 | 7149110 |
| sources and reservoirs of toxoplasma gondii infection on 47 swine farms in illinois. | field studies were conducted on 47 swine farms in illinois during 1992 and 1993 to identify sources and reservoirs of toxoplasma gondii infection. blood samples were obtained from swine and from trapped wildlife. serum antibodies to t. gondii were determined using the modified agglutination test, incorporating mercaptoethanol. antibodies to t. gondii (titer > or = 25) were found in 97 of 4,252 (2.3%) finishing pigs, 395 of 2,617 (15.1%) sows, 267 of 391 (68.3%) cats, 126 of 188 (67.0%) raccoons, ... | 1995 | 7472862 |
| nucleotide sequence of the thymidine kinase gene of raccoon poxvirus. | using primers directed against the thymidine kinase gene of vaccinia virus, pcr products were generated from nucleic acids extracted from raccoon poxvirus-infected vero cells. the pcr products were consistent in size with the expected products from vaccinia virus. nucleotide sequence determination revealed that the raccoon pox thymidine kinase gene and flanking regions were 84.3% homologous to the corresponding sequences of vaccinia virus. at the amino acid level, an open reading frame coding fo ... | 1995 | 7483292 |
| spirochetes in ixodes dammini and mammals from connecticut. | spirochetes were observed in the midguts of 35% of 147 motile ixodes dammini from three locations in lyme and east haddam, connecticut. positive ticks were removed from eastern chipmunks (tamias striatus), raccoons (procyon lotor), white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus), and a red squirrel (tamiasciurus hudsonicus). spirochetes were isolated in fortified kelly's medium from nine questing or partially engorged i. dammini adults and nymphs and from the bloods of a raccoon and a white-footed mouse ... | 1983 | 6881431 |
| prevalence of eggs of baylisascaris procyonis (nematoda:ascaroidea) in raccoon scats from an urban and a rural community. | twenty-six of 97 (27%) scats from raccoons (procyon lotor) in an urban area and 37 of 121 (31%) scats from raccoons collected in a rural area of indiana during october and november of 1980 contained eggs of baylisascaris procyonis, an ascarid of animal health significance. raccoons that were livetrapped from the same areas had similar prevalences of b. procyonis eggs in their feces. therefore, monitoring the prevalence of b. procyonis in raccoon populations by analyzing scats appeared to be feas ... | 1982 | 6891409 |
| resurgence of rabies. a historical perspective on rabies in children. | wildlife rabies in certain parts of the united states has been increasing. with greater urbanization, many areas have seen an influx of wild animals such as raccoons and foxes that are known wildlife reservoirs of rabies. rabies encephalitis has been a fatal illness recognized by humans throughout history. the purpose of this review is to examine the history of rabies throughout the world to elucidate the evolution of popular and scientific knowledge of the disease in animals and humans. by exam ... | 1995 | 7503835 |
| characterization of the feline host range and a specific epitope of feline panleukopenia virus. | the feline parvovirus subgroup is comprised of viruses isolated from various carnivores, including the dog, cat, mink, raccoon, arctic fox, and raccoon dog. those viruses are > 98% identical in their dna sequences and are very similar antigenically. we have shown that although canine parvovirus (cpv) replicates in numerous feline cell lines in vitro it does not infect cats after parenteral inoculation (u. truyen and c. r. parrish, (1992) j. virol. 66, 5399-5408). here we use recombination mappin ... | 1994 | 7513918 |
| adrenal gland adenomas in raccoons (procyon lotor) from the eastern united states. | | 1995 | 7578466 |
| ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected from small and medium-sized kansas mammals. | seven species of hard-bodied ticks were collected from 20 species of small and medium-sized mammals in kansas; amblyomma americanum l., dermacentor variabilis (say), haemaphysalis leporispalustris (packard), ixodes cookei packard, i. kingi bishopp, i. sculptus neumann, and i. texanus banks. dermacentor variabilis was found statewide, a. americanum only in the eastern one-third of the state, and the ixodes spp. and h. leporispalustris were widely scattered. the most common tick found was d. varia ... | 1994 | 8057327 |
| evolution of the feline-subgroup parvoviruses and the control of canine host range in vivo. | a related group of parvoviruses infects members of many different carnivore families. some of those viruses differ in host range or antigenic properties, but the true relationships are poorly understood. we examined 24 vp1/vp2 and 8 ns1 gene sequences from various parvovirus isolates to determine the phylogenetic relationships between viruses isolated from cats, dogs, asiatic raccoon dogs, mink, raccoons, and foxes. there were about 1.3% pairwise sequence differences between the vp1/vp2 genes of ... | 1995 | 7609035 |
| substance p-like and serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the lateral cervical nucleus of the raccoon. | the distribution of substance p and serotonin in the lateral cervical nucleus (lcn) of the raccoon was examined by light microscopic immunohistochemistry. substance p-immunoreactive fibers were found to be clustered in the ventromedial part of the lcn, whereas only few such fibers appeared in the dorsolateral part of the nucleus. this organization is closely similar to that previously observed in the cat, and provides further evidence for an anatomic and functional segregation along the transver ... | 1993 | 7681455 |
| enhanced cytochrome-oxidase staining of the cuneate nucleus in the rat reveals a modifiable somatotopic map. | existing cytochrome oxidase (co)-staining techniques were modified to enhance sensitivity and contrast in order to examine patterns of co-activity in the dorsal column nuclei (dcn) of adult long-evans rats. within a rostrocaudally limited region in the middle of the cuneate nucleus (cn) distinctive blotches of intense co-activity were observed. the co-staining was maximally differentiated approximately 0.3-0.7 mm caudal to the obex. no co-blotches were observed anywhere else in the dcn. transgan ... | 1993 | 7687194 |
| brugia beaveri: microscopic morphology in host tissues and observations on its life history. | the filaria brugia beaveri is a parasite of raccoons (procyon lotor) in louisiana. its microfilariae, which circulate in the peripheral blood without any periodicity, develop to the infective stage in mosquitoes. the filaria can be transmitted in the laboratory to other raccoons, the domestic cat, and jirds (meriones unguiculatus). the prepatent period is 70-107 days depending on the definitive host. adult worms are found in lymphatics and associated subcutaneous tissues of raccoons and in the h ... | 1995 | 7707200 |
| trypanosoma cruzi in wild raccoons, opossums, and triatomine bugs in southeast georgia, u.s.a. | the prevalence of trypanosoma cruzi infection among wild opossums and raccoons live-trapped in 6 southeast georgia counties was determined. epimastigotes typical of t. cruzi were observed in liver infusion tryptose medium cultures of blood from 6 of 39 opossums (15.4%) and 12 of 54 raccoons (22.2%). trypomastigotes (6,000/ml) were observed in a wet mount of blood from 1 of the animals, a raccoon trapped on st. catherines island in liberty county. in addition, t. cruzi parasites were observed in ... | 1995 | 7707220 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 1993. | in 1993, 49 states, the district of columbia, and puerto rico reported 9,495 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 3 cases in human beings to the centers for disease control and prevention. greater than 93% (8,889 cases) were wild animals, whereas 6.4% (606 cases) were domestic species. the total number of reported cases increased 9.9% over that of 1992 (8,645 cases), with most of the increase resulting from continued spread of rabies in raccoons (37.1% increase in reported cases over 1992). t ... | 1994 | 7744643 |
| cerebral larva migrans caused by baylisascaris sp in pet rabbits. | cerebral larva migrans was diagnosed histologically in 4 pet rabbits that developed progressive neurologic disease. larvae of baylisascaris sp were isolated from brain tissues in 2 rabbits. the clinical syndrome of progressive torticollis and ataxia manifested by these rabbits is commonly associated with otitis and labyrinthitis attributable to bacterial infection; however, the middle ears were normal on radiographic and postmortem examinations. the severe encephalopathy that developed in these ... | 1994 | 7744648 |
| cerebrospinal larva migrans due to baylisascaris procyonis in a guinea pig colony. | four guinea pigs from a colony of approximately 50 animals were examined for progressive neurologic disease of 5 days' duration. signs of neurologic dysfunction included cachexia, stupor, hyperexcitability, lateral recumbency, and opisthotonos. results of gross pathologic, microbiologic, and serologic examinations were unremarkable. histologic examination of cerebral and cerebellar sections revealed multifocal malacia and regions of eosinophilic granulomatous inflammation. cross-sections of nema ... | 1995 | 7752610 |
| hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy in a raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides) with chronic pulmonary inflammatory lesions. | a female raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides) captured september 1992 in nara prefecture, japan, suffering from swollen joints of all four limbs was necropsied. radiographically, there was a shadow in the right pulmonary caudal lobe and periosteal bone formation around several joints. microscopically, there was extensive edema, along with one large and many small pyogranulomatous nodules and purulent bronchitis in the right lobe and left caudal lobe of the lungs. there were intermingled branch ... | 1994 | 7760503 |
| ticks (acari: ixodidae) infesting medium-sized wild mammals in southwestern tennessee. | seven species of ixodid ticks (n = 2,661) were found on medium-sized wild mammals (n = 295) during a 13-mo study in shelby county, tennessee. the seven tick species collected were dermacentor variabilis (say), amblyomma americanum (l.), rhipicephalus sanguineus (latreille), ixodes texanus (banks), i. cookei (packard), i. scapularis (say), and haemaphysalis leporispalustris (packard). the raccoon had the greatest tick species diversity in all of the aforementioned ticks except h. leporispalustris ... | 1993 | 8254637 |
| rabies virus vaccines. | many years of research and observations on bait uptake, efficacy, behavioural studies of foxes, reduction and elimination of rabies, population dynamics of foxes following oral vaccination, as well as annual exchanges of researchers' experiences, formed the scientific background for field trials extending over many years. these are the most extensive field studies for the testing of a rabies vaccine so far. the use of the techniques and strategies of oral immunisation of foxes against rabies usi ... | 1995 | 7796967 |
| baylisascaris procyonis and eimerian infections in raccoons. | twenty-eight raccoons from columbus, ohio, were surveyed for intestinal parasites. baylisascaris procyonis was found in 7, trichurid eggs in 2, capillarid eggs in 8, trichostrongyloid eggs in 9, and eimeria procyonis oocysts in 23. meronts, gamonts, and oocysts of e procyonis were found in epithelial cells at the tips of the villi of small intestine. meronts were 7 x 5.5 microns and contained 4 to 10 merozoites which were 5 x 1.5 microns. male gamonts were 15.5 x 11.7 microns and contained numer ... | 1982 | 7174446 |
| descriptive epidemiology of animal bites in indiana, 1990-92--a rationale for intervention. | animal bites are a reality of life throughout the world. they arise out of an imperfect relationship with domestic animals and wildlife. most bite injuries are preventable. the principal approaches to community-wide bite prevention programs include reducing the number of domestic animals roaming in the community (animal control) and teaching people to refrain from behaviors likely to provoke bites. this article addresses the epidemiologic basis and justification for a bite prevention program tar ... | 1995 | 7838946 |
| hosts of lutzomyia shannoni (diptera: psychodidae) in relation to vesicular stomatitis virus on ossabaw island, georgia, u.s.a. | hosts of lutzomyia shannoni dyar, a suspected biological vector of the new jersey serotype of vesicular stomatitis (vsnj) virus, were determined using an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) of 333 blood-fed female sandflies collected from their diurnal resting shelters on ossabaw island, georgia, u.s.a. sandflies had fed primarily on white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) (81%) and to a lesser extent on feral swine (sus scrofa) (16%), two species of host infected annually with ... | 1994 | 7841487 |
| effect of deer exclusion on the abundance of immature ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) parasitizing small and medium-sized mammals. | effects of deer exclusion on abundance of immature ixodes scapularis say parasitizing small and medium-sized mammals, and the role mammals have in introducing ticks to exclosure areas, were examined at two sites in westchester county, new york. in total, 686 mammal captures representing nine species were obtained, with white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus rafinesque, composing > 80% of all captures, followed by raccoons, procyon lotor (l.); opossums, didelphis virginiana (kerr); and striped sk ... | 1995 | 7869342 |
| intrinsic discharge patterns and somatosensory inputs for neurons in raccoon primary somatosensory cortex. | 1. discharge patterns of neurons are regulated by synaptic inputs and by intrinsic membrane properties such as their complement of ionic conductances. discharge patterns evoked by synaptic inputs are often used to identify the source and modality of sensory input. however, the interpretation of these discharge patterns may be complicated if different neurons respond to the same synaptic input with a variety of discharge patterns due to differences in intrinsic membrane properties. the purposes o ... | 1994 | 7897492 |
| miracidia hatching technique for diagnosis of canine schistosomiasis. | a method of processing feces with subsequent hatching of heterobilharzia americana eggs was found to be preferable to saline sedimentation for the diagnosis of canine schistosomiasis. the feces were filtered and washed in 3 changes of 0.85% nacl solution. the remaining sediment was flooded with distilled water to promote the hatching of viable eggs. miracidia were subsequently observed, which confirmed infection in naturally infected raccoons and experimentally infected dogs. | 1980 | 7440363 |
| encephalomyelitis due to a sarcocystis neurona-like protozoan in a rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta) infected with simian immunodeficiency virus. | a captive-born rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta) experimentally infected with simian immunodeficiency virus developed neurologic abnormalities approximately seven months postinoculation. a chronic necrotizing encephalomyelitis with intralesional protozoal schizonts was diagnosed histologically. the protozoa was identified as sarcocystis neurona based on its morphologic characteristics by light and electron microscopic examination, the developmental stages of the schizonts, and positive staining wit ... | 1994 | 7943553 |
| canine distemper epizootic in lions, tigers, and leopards in north america. | canine distemper virus (cdv) infection occurred in captive leopards (panthera pardus), tigers (panthera tigris), lions (panthera leo), and a jaguar (panthera onca) in 1991 and 1992. an epizootic affected all 4 types of cats at the wildlife waystation, san fernando, california, with 17 mortalities. cdv-infected raccoons were thought to be the source of infection in these cats. two black leopards died at the naibi zoo, coal valley, illinois, and 2 tigers died at the shambala preserve, acton, calif ... | 1994 | 7948195 |
| effects of melatonin implants in spring on testicular regression and moulting in adult male raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procynoides). | six male raccoon dogs were treated with constant-release implants of melatonin on 29 march, when the animals still had mature spermatozoa and a winter coat. six untreated animals served as controls. high serum concentrations of melatonin were found in the treated animals throughout the study period (182.2 and 38.5 pg ml-1 in april and august, respectively). the high serum concentrations of prolactin in april and may (18.9 and 15.7 ng ml-1, respectively) in the controls were not seen in the treat ... | 1995 | 7490720 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 1994. | in 1994, 48 states, the district of columbia, and puerto rico reported 8,224 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 6 cases in human beings to the centers for disease control and prevention. nearly 93% (7,632 cases) were wild animals, whereas 7% (592 cases) were domestic species. the total number of reported cases decreased 13.4% from that of 1993 (9,498 cases), with most of the decline resulting from 19.2% fewer cases of rabies in raccoons. two previously described epizootics of rabies involvi ... | 1995 | 7493894 |
| distribution of heat-stable enterotoxin/guanylin receptors in the intestinal tract of man and other mammals. | the human intestinal tract, as well as that of several eutherian and metatherian mammals, was examined for the distribution of heat-stable enterotoxin (st)/guanylin receptors. these receptors were confined to the intestinal epithelium lining the lumen and forming the intestinal glands throughout the length of both the small intestine and colon of all species examined. in man and most other mammalian species, there appeared to be a decrease in receptor density distally along the longitudinal axis ... | 1994 | 8014132 |
| a field evaluation of baits for delivering oral rabies vaccines to raccoons (procyon lotor). | eight field trials were conducted in 1989 and 1990 in georgia (usa) and maryland (usa) to evaluate baits and baiting strategies for delivering oral rabies vaccines to raccoons (procyon lotor). bait packets consisting of corn meal and egg batter-based baits enclosed in plastic bags were placed at 1.0-m diameter, raked tracking stations and checked daily. packets were well accepted by raccoons; they visited 31 to 44% of the tracking stations where they removed 69 to 90% of the packets within 4 to ... | 1994 | 8028103 |
| diagnosis and management of baylisascaris procyonis infection in an infant with nonfatal meningoencephalitis. | baylisacaris procyonis, the common raccoon ascarid, is known to cause life-threatening visceral, neural, and ocular larva migrans in mammals and birds. two human fatalities have been previously described; however, little is known about the spectrum of human disease caused by b. procyonis. in this report, the case of a 13-month-old child who had nonfatal meningoencephalitis secondary to b. procyonis infection is presented. the suspected diagnosis was confirmed with use of newly developed enzyme i ... | 1994 | 8086545 |
| [correlations between feet posture and muscle fiber size in mammals--comparison of the anterior tibial muscle fiber among plantigrade type, digitigrade type and unguligrade type]. | the size (micron2) of red muscle fibers (type 1), white muscle fibers (type 2) and intermediate muscle fibers (type 3) was quantitatively determined in cross-sectional areas of the venter of the anterior tibial muscle in the plantigrade type, digitigrade type and unguligrade type using 122 individuals of 15 species in 5 orders, and correlations between the type of locomotion and muscle fiber size were analyzed from a comparative anatomical viewpoint. regardless of species, red muscle fibers with ... | 1993 | 8160529 |
| [importance of the racoon dog in the epidemiology and epizootiology of rabies in the far east]. | raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides gray) have been shown to take part in the circulation of rabies virus within their natural area in the far east and thus to be dangerous as a source of infection for humans and domestic animals. the disease has been registered in the areas with high population density of this species, the spread of infection reaching 13 +/- 4.6% in the years of survey. the results of the preliminary determination of the sensitivity of raccoon dogs and the schematic map show ... | 1981 | 7331626 |
| identification of the feline herpesvirus type 1 (fhv-1) genes encoding glycoproteins g, d, i and e: expression of fhv-1 glycoprotein d in vaccinia and raccoon poxviruses. | the genome of feline herpesvirus type 1 (fhv-1), the major cause of viral upper respiratory disease in cats, contains several genes encoding homologues of herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv-1) glycoproteins. restriction mapping studies have indicated that the group d genome of fhv-1 contains a unique short region that is 9.0 kb long. the nucleotide sequence of a 6.2 kb portion of this region was determined. analyses of this sequence have identified five open reading frames capable of encoding homo ... | 1994 | 8207390 |
| oral vaccination of racoons (procyon lotor) with baculovirus-expressed rabies virus glycoprotein. | successful field oral vaccination and protection against viral diseases have so far been achieved only with live-attenuated or live-recombinant virus vaccines. in this communication, we present data that demonstrate that a glycoprotein derived from recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cells is efficacious as an oral vaccine. the glycoprotein (g) of rabies virus (evelyn rokitnicki abelseth strain) was abundantly expressed in a baculovirus expression system and oral vaccination of racoons with ... | 1993 | 8212838 |
| verminous encephalitis in commercial chickens. | an outbreak of fatal encephalitis in four-week-old chickens is described. the causal agent was shown to be baylisascaris procyonis, the common roundworm of raccoons. | 1980 | 7436967 |
| raccoon poxvirus rabies virus glycoprotein recombinant vaccine in sheep. | twenty sheep were divided into groups and inoculated by various routes with recombinant raccoon poxvirus expressing the cvs rabies virus glycoprotein (rrcnv-g) or with raccoon poxvirus (rcnv). the apparent innocuous pathologic responses to each virus coupled with development of high levels of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies in animals vaccinated with rrcnv-g intradermally or intramuscularly suggested that the recombinant is effective and that rcnv would be a suitable substrate for further d ... | 1993 | 8240013 |
| [modular evolution of bsp-repeats: formation of subrepeats and monomers preceded the divergence of four species of canidae]. | determination of two nucleotide sequences of satellite-like dna (bsp-repeats) segments from the raccoon-like dog genome and analysis of these and three other homologous sequences from distantly related genomes of canidae (silver fox, domestic dog, and gray fox) show that all these dna fragments consist of five types of subrepeats (a, b, c, d, and e) and two types of monomers-acb and aced. raccoon-like dog repeated segment of 1620 bp is composed of both type of monomers: acbaced. different monome ... | 1993 | 8246941 |
| seroepidemiology of coxiella burnetii among wildlife in nova scotia. | we used an indirect immunofluorescence assay to determine antibody titers to phase i and phase ii coxiella burnetii antigens in serum samples from a variety of wild animals in nova scotia. forty-nine percent of the hares, 16.5% of the moose, 7.1% of the raccoons, and 1.5% of the white-tailed deer tested had antibodies to phase i antigen. we conclude that there is extensive infection of the hare population by c. burnetii, with lesser degrees of infection of the moose, raccoon, and deer population ... | 1993 | 8250101 |
| ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) infestation on medium-sized mammals and blue jays in northwestern illinois. | high prevalence of infestation of five species of medium-sized mammals and blue jays, cyanocitta cristata (l.), by immature ixodes dammini spielman, clifford, piesman and corwin was found in castle rock state park in northwestern illinois during may-august 1991. raccoons, procyon lotor l., and opossums, didelphis virginiana kerr, were infested with the highest larval densities and were trapped primarily in bottomland forest and ecotone habitats. all species had similar nymphal densities, except ... | 1993 | 8254647 |
| two dominant neutralizing antigenic determinants of canine parvovirus are found on the threefold spike of the virus capsid. | the 25-nm diameter parvovirus capsid is assembled from 60 copies of a sequence common to the overlapping vp1 and vp2 proteins. here we examine the epitope specificity's of 28 monoclonal antibodies (mab) prepared against canine parvovirus (cpv), feline panleukopenia virus (fpv), and raccoon-dog parvovirus or blue (arctic) fox parvovirus. comparing the reactivity of those mab with various mab-selected escape mutants, or with natural variants of cpv or mink enteritis virus (mev) which differ at kno ... | 1994 | 8259653 |
| rabies surveillance in the united states during 1992. | in 1992, 49 states, the district of columbia, and puerto rico reported 8,644 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 1 case in a human being to the centers for disease control and prevention. almost 92% (7,912 cases) were wild animals, the largest number of wild animals ever reported, whereas 8.5% (732 cases) were domestic species. the total number of reported cases increased 23.9% over that of 1991 (6,975 cases), with most of the increase resulting from continued spread of rabies in raccoons. t ... | 1993 | 8307825 |
| epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of rabies in cats. | the epizootic of rabies in raccoons in maryland has been accompanied by 129 confirmed cases of rabies in cats from jan 1, 1983 to sept 30, 1992 and only 12 cases in dogs. an epidemiologic and clinical study of rabies in cats was conducted for the period jan 1, 1983 to may 31, 1986. only 3 of 31 rabid cats had a history of being currently vaccinated against rabies, and 13 were of unknown ownership. a history of prior wound or injury within 6 months of onset of signs of rabies was reported in 11 o ... | 1993 | 8320150 |
| experimental toxoplasma gondii infection in raccoons (procyon lotor). | six raccoons (procyon lotor) without detectable toxoplasma gondii antibodies were used. four raccoons were inoculated orally (2 with oocysts and 2 with tissue cysts) with me49 strain of t. gondii and 2 raccoons were not inoculated with t. gondii. all raccoons remained clinically normal. raccoons were killed between 59 and 61 days after inoculation and portions of their heart, skeletal muscle, and brain were digested in pepsin solution, and homogenates were bioassayed in mice. toxoplasma gondii w ... | 1993 | 8331475 |
| epizootiology of canine distemper in new jersey raccoons. | seventeen epizootics of canine distemper (cd) involving at least 615 raccoons (procyon lotor) were identified between 1 september 1977 and 25 march 1991 in new jersey (usa). epizootics occurred three times at four year intervals in three areas. based on this cycling, the wide distribution of cd cases, and their occurrence between epizootics, i propose an enzootic status for cd in new jersey raccoons. the peak period prevalence of raccoon canine distemper cases occurred at the end of the mating s ... | 1993 | 8355340 |
| further studies on the susceptibility of raccoons (procyon lotor) to a rabies virus of skunk origin and comparative susceptibility of striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). | two raccoons (procyon lotor) were inoculated in the masseter muscles with 10(5.9) mouse intracerebral lethal dose50 (micd50) of a rabies virus isolated from a naturally infected iowa (usa) striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). five striped skunks were inoculated with either 10(0.7) or 10(2.1) micld50 of the same isolate. all five skunks died within 35 days following inoculation. both raccoons survived 273 days without adverse effects, and virus was not isolated from saliva samples taken at between ... | 1993 | 8355351 |
| serological evidence of coxiella burnetii infection in wild animals in japan. | one hundred and thirty-four (26%) of 511 sera from 11 wild animal species in eight prefectures in japan had antibody titers to coxiella burnetii by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. high prevalences were observed in japanese black bears (ursus thibetanus) (78%), hokkaido deer (cervus nippon yesoensis) (69%), japanese hares (lepus brachyurus) (63%), japanese deer (cervus nippon centralis) (56%), and to some extent in japanese monkeys (macaca fuscata) (28%). a low prevalence (13%) was observe ... | 1993 | 8355353 |
| pathology and epidemiology of canine distemper in raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides). | from september to december 1991, a large number of free-ranging raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) died from a highly contagious disease in the vicinity of tokyo. eighteen seriously ill or dead animals were submitted for necropsy. the pathological findings resembled those in a masked palm civet (paguma larvata) found infected with canine distemper virus (cdv) in the same area in late august 1991. the most striking features were pneumonia and gastroenteritis. microscopical lesions consisted ... | 1993 | 8366205 |
| experimental infection of raccoon dogs with sarcocystis cruzi and s. miescheriana. | raccoon dogs were successfully infected with sarcocystis cruzi and s. miescheriana by oral inoculation of infected cardiac muscle of cattle and pigs slaughtered in saitama and okinawa prefectures, respectively. oocysts and sporocysts passed by raccoon dogs were similar in measurements and morphological features as reported of s. cruzi and s. miescheriana respectively. the prepatent and patent periods of both s. cruzi and s. miescheriana were 9 and 66-72 days respectively in raccoon dogs. | 1994 | 7999889 |
| [mtdna polymorphism and differentiation of subspecies of chinese raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonides)]. | the mtdna from 14 raccoon dogs of 7 geographical populations was analyzed with 8 restriction endonucleases, and the restriction map was constructed. furthermore, upg molecular phylogenetic trees of the mtdna were constructed based on the genetic distances. our results indicated that the differentiation was obvious within geographical populations of the subspecies n. p. procyonoides, and that the event of divergence in chinese raccoon dog first occurred between the southern and northern populatio ... | 1994 | 8003349 |
| epizootic canine rabies transmitted by coyotes in south texas. | prior to 1988, rabies was reported only sporadically in coyotes. however, in the final 4 months of 1988, starr county, tex, which is situated on the us-mexico border, experienced an epizootic of canine rabies, consisting of 6 laboratory-confirmed cases of rabies in coyotes and of 2 cases in domestic dogs. the first 3 cases were detected in coyotes, and the first case in a domestic dog was observed 84 days after the index case. adjacent hidalgo county reported 9 cases of rabies in dogs during the ... | 1994 | 8163414 |
| host-feeding patterns of aedes albopictus (diptera: culicidae) at a temperate north american site. | precipitin tests and elisa were used to investigate host-feeding patterns of 172 blood-fed aedes albopictus (skuse) collected at potosi, mo, during the summers of 1989 and 1990. one hundred ten (64.0%) mosquitoes had fed on mammals, 29 (16.9%) on birds, and none on turtles or snakes. thirty-three (19.2%) mosquitoes failed to react in all tests. eighty-six (78.2%) of the 110 mammalian feeds were positive for lower taxa as follows: rabbit, 24.5%; deer, 14.5%; dog, 13.6%; human, 8.2%; squirrel, 7.3 ... | 1993 | 8433336 |
| biochemical, biological, and genetic characterization of a sylvatic isolate of trichinella. | biological, biochemical, and genetic relationships of trichinella isolates were assessed and compared from 3 species of illinois fur-bearing mammals. tongue muscle collected from 1987 through 1989 from 323 raccoons (procyon lotor), 9 red fox (vulpes fulva), and 1 coyote (canis latrans) were digested and trichinella muscle larval prevalences and mean intensities (larvae/g) determined. the prevalence and mean intensity of tongue muscle-stage larvae were 2.8% and 44.4% and 326 and 2 larvae/g for ra ... | 1993 | 8501590 |
| visceral larva migrans induced eosinophilic cardiac pseudotumor: a cause of sudden death in a child. | a case of fatal cardiac larva migrans in a 10-year-old boy is described. the autopsy findings were quite dramatic, with a bosselated, sessile polypoid mass involving the left ventricular myocardium and protruding into the ventricular lumen. the precise morphologic characterization of the zoonotic ascarid larva was impaired by advanced resorption of the larva by an inflammatory infiltrate. nonetheless, morphometry of the larval remnants strongly suggested the raccoon ascarid, baylisascaris procyo ... | 1995 | 8522917 |
| diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis. morphometric, serologic, and epidemiologic support for baylisascaris as a causative agent. | several nematodes have been postulated as etiologic agents in diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (dusn), but the cause of this condition remains uncertain. the authors report the first case of dusn from the western united states (northern california), along with morphometric, serologic, and epidemiologic evidence supporting baylisascaris procyonis as its cause. | 1993 | 8233397 |
| identification of opossums (didelphis virginiana) as the putative definitive host of sarcocystis neurona. | sarcocystis neurona is an apicomplexan that causes equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (epm) in north and south america. horses appear to be an aberrant host, because the merozoites continually divide in the central nervous system, without encysting. the natural host species has not previously been identified. the small subunit ribosomal rna (ssurna) gene of s. neurona was compared to those of sarcocystis muris, sarcocystis cruzi, toxoplasma gondii, and cryptosporidium parvum to identify a unique ... | 1995 | 8544064 |
| the relationship between capsid protein (vp2) sequence and pathogenicity of aleutian mink disease parvovirus (adv): a possible role for raccoons in the transmission of adv infections. | aleutian mink disease parvovirus (adv) dna was identified by pcr in samples from mink and raccoons on commercial ranches during an outbreak of aleutian disease (ad). comparison of dna sequences of the hypervariable portion of vp2, the major capsid protein of adv, indicated that both mink and raccoons were infected by a new isolate of adv, designated adv-tr. because the capsid proteins of other parvoviruses play a prominent role in the determination of viral pathogenicity and host range, we decid ... | 1996 | 8551624 |
| molecular phylogeny of the red panda (ailurus fulgens). | the phylogenetic placement of the red panda (ailurus fulgens) and the giant panda (ailuropoda melanoleuca) has been an evolutionary enigma since their original descriptions in the nineteenth century. a series of recent molecular analyses led to a consensus that the giant panda's ancestors were derived from early bears (ursidae), but left unsettled the phylogenetic relationship of the red panda. previous molecular and morphological phylogenies were inconclusive and varied among placement of the r ... | 1995 | 8568209 |
| rabies virus antinucleoprotein antibody protects against rabies virus challenge in vivo and inhibits rabies virus replication in vitro. | we previously reported that a/wysnj mice vaccinated via a tail scratch with a recombinant raccoon poxvirus (rcn) expressing the rabies virus internal structural nucleoprotein (n) (rcn-n) were protected against a street rabies virus (d. l. lodmell, j. w. sumner, j.j. esposito, w.j. bellini, and l. c. ewalt, j. virol. 65:3400-3405, 1991). to improve our understanding of the mechanism(s) of this protection, we investigated whether sera of a/wysnj mice that had been vaccinated with rcn-n but not cha ... | 1993 | 8371354 |
| subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy, polyneuritis and ganglionitis in aged wild and exotic mammalians. | subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy was present in the intradural dorsal and ventral nerve rootlets of 19 aged individuals of the following wild and exotic mammalian species: woodrat, raccoon, mink, lynx, reindeer, red deer, musk ox, scimitar-horned oryx, arabian oryx, hybrid waterbuck, persian onager, przewalski's wild horse, malayan sun bear, asian elephant, east african river hippopotamus, vervet monkey and rhesus monkey. it was characterized by mild to severe multifocal ballooning of myelin ... | 1993 | 8408784 |
| enhanced production of morbillivirus gene-specific rnas following induction of the cellular stress response in stable persistent infection. | previous in vitro work demonstrated the incorporation of the major inducible 70k heat shock protein (i.e., 72k hsp) into the biologically active light nucleocapsid (l-nc) variant of canine distemper virus (cdv). here, in vitro induction of the cellular stress response, characterized by elevated cytoplasmic and intranuclear 72k hsp, enhanced l-nc expression in mink lung cells supporting stable persistent infection by raccoon-origin cdv. increases in l-nc were correlated to increased viral rna pro ... | 1993 | 8421900 |
| ageing, infecundity and reproductive senescence in free-ranging female rhesus monkeys. | the reproductive performance of 760 free-ranging female rhesus monkeys (macaca mulatta), 168 of whom were 20 years of age and older at the time observations were begun, was assessed. the monkeys were resident on raccoon key or key lois, two islands located in the florida keys, usa. during 1992 and 1993, live birth rates generally declined with age among the raccoon and lois females aged eight years and older. this age-related deterioration of female fertility was the result of proportionately mo ... | 1995 | 8568771 |
| analyses of mammalian sera in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with different strains of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. | blood samples were collected from cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus), raccoons (procyon lotor), white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus), and white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) between 1977 and 1991 in southern connecticut and new york state (usa) and were tested for antibodies against eight strains of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. among these spirochetes were six strains of b. burgdorferi sensu stricto, one strain of b. garinii (=ip90) and ... | 1995 | 8583632 |
| basilar arteries of the brain in raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides (gray, 1834)). | observations carried out on 43 brains of raccoon dogs show that the system of basilar arteries of the brain is similar to that in other carnivores. the observed differences were manifested in different vessel connections and occurrence of some variations. in 53.4% cases the basilar artery in raccoon dogs develops from the combination of the even ventral spinal arteries and the vertebral arteries entering them. an unusual case of the reduction of spinal artery was also found. | 1994 | 8590903 |
| reactivity of white-footed mouse and raccoon sera to whole cell and recombinant antigens of borrelia burgdorferi. | serum samples were collected from white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus) and raccoons (procyon lotor) during 1983, 1984, and 1990 through 1993 in connecticut (usa) and were tested in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (elisa) against whole cell borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (strain 2591) and the following recombinant antigens of this spirochete: p41-g (an immunogenic epitope of flagellin), outer surface protein (osp)a, and ospb. antibodies were most frequently detected when whole cell anti ... | 1995 | 8592354 |
| herpesvirus-like infection in a raccoon (procyon lotor). | during march 1990, a subadult raccoon found dead in northeastern pennsylvania (usa) had gross lesions of multifocal hepatitis. microscopically, multifocal randomly distributed areas of acute necrosis with intranuclear viral inclusions were seen in liver, spleen, adrenal glands, and tongue. ultrastructural and immunoperoxidase results of formalin fixed liver were compatible with herpesvirus infection. this virus could be unique to the raccoon or may have been acquired from another species. | 1995 | 8592369 |
| rabies postexposure prophylaxis--connecticut, 1990-1994. | in connecticut, the first case of animal rabies associated with the ongoing raccoon rabies epizootic was identified in march 1991; since then, cases of animal rabies have been confirmed in all eight counties of the state. because of heightened awareness of the potential for rabies and the nearly always fatal outcome of this disease, the numbers of persons in connecticut receiving rabies postexposure prophylaxis (pep) was suspected to have increased substantially during 1990-1994. in connecticut, ... | 1996 | 8606682 |
| raccoon poxvirus feline panleukopenia virus vp2 recombinant protects cats against fpv challenge. | an infectious raccoon poxvirus (rcnv) was used to express the feline panleukopenia virus (fpv) open reading frame vp2. the recombinant, rcnv/fpv, was constructed by homologous recombination with a chimeric plasmid for inserting the expression cassette into the thymidine kinase (tk) locus of rcnv. expression of the vp2 dna was regulated by the vaccinia virus late promoter p11. southern blot and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) analyses confirmed the cassette was in the tk gene of the rcnv genome. ... | 1996 | 8615030 |
| efficacy of six anthelmintics against luminal stages of baylisascaris procyonis in naturally infected raccoons (procyon lotor). | the efficacy of six anthelmintics against natural infections of baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons (n = 7 per drug) was determined in a series of critical tests. the drugs were given via moist cat food as a single dose or once daily for three consecutive days. raccoons treated with pyrantel embonate (1 x 20 mg base kg-1 bodyweight (bwt.)), ivermectin (1 x 1 mg kg-1 bwt.), moxidectin (1 x 1 mg kg-1 bwt.), albendazole (3 x 50 mg kg-1 bwt.), fenbendazole (3 x 50 mg kg-1 bwt.) or flubendazole (3 x ... | 1995 | 8644451 |
| experimental infection of the raccoon (procyon lotor) with borrelia burgdorferi. | the reservoir competence of the raccoon (procyon lotor) for the lyme disease spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi) was evaluated in the laboratory during september 1991 to april 1993. five raccoons were exposed to spirochete-infected (jd1 and wisconsin 210 wise strains) ixodes scapularis nymphs (20/raccoon). a second feeding of spirochete-infected (wisconsin 210 wise strain) nymphs (20/raccoon) was performed with four of the original raccoons. xenodiagnosis with cohorts of i. scapularis larvae (300/ ... | 1996 | 8722269 |
| pyogranulomatous peritonitis associated with nocardia sp.-like organisms in a raccoon (procyon lotor). | during 1992 raccoons (procyon lotor) were live-trapped in northeastern pennsylvania (usa). in one of these animals a localized pyogranulomatous peritonitis was seen. grossly a large mass with a central area of liquifactive necrosis was present in the anterior abdomen. microscopically the lesion contained multiple colonies of filamentous organisms with histomorphologic and histochemical charcteristics resembling nocardia sp. this appears to be the first report of nocardia infection in the raccoon ... | 1996 | 8722283 |
| the raccoon lateral cervical nucleus: mediolateral organization of gaba-positive and gaba-negative neurons and fibers. | in the lateral cervical nucleus (lcn) of the cat, gaba-immunoreactive neurons and substance p-immunoreactive fibers are concentrated in the medial part of the nucleus, whereas in the monkey lcn no preferential locations have been identified. in raccoons, substance p-immunoreactive fibers display a distribution pattern similar to that in cats. however, the presence and distribution of gaba-immunoreactive neurons in the raccoon lcn has not been examined, and it is therefore not known whether racco ... | 1996 | 8729964 |
| effects of melatonin implants on winter fur growth and testicular recrudescence in adult male raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides). | the effects of melatonin implants were investigated on winter fur growth, monitored by counting growing and mature hairs per bundle and testicular recrudescence, judged by testis width, score count of spermatogenesis, and serum testosterone in the adult male raccoon dogs. melatonin administration in july highly elevated melatonin concentrations in serum and urine and induced an earlier decrease in prolactin secretion (august in the treated group vs september in the control group), winter fur gro ... | 1996 | 8797182 |
| protection of cats from infectious peritonitis by vaccination with a recombinant raccoon poxvirus expressing the nucleocapsid gene of feline infectious peritonitis virus. | feline infectious peritonitis virus (fipv) is a coronavirus that induces an often fatal, systemic infection in cats. various vaccines designed to prevent fipv infection have been shown to exacerbate the disease, probably due to immune enhancement mediated by virus-specific immunoglobulins against the outer envelope (s) protein. an effective vaccine would be one that induces cell-mediated immunity without disease enhancing antibodies. in this report, we describe the use of a recombinant raccoon p ... | 1995 | 8830483 |