Publications

establishment of an on-site diagnostic procedure for detection of orf virus from oral lesions of japanese serows (capricornis crispus) by loop-mediated isothermal amplification.	orf virus infection has been prevalent continuously in the population of wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus), goat-like grazing cloven-hoofed mammal species that live mainly in mountainous areas of japan. currently, definitive diagnosis of infection requires time-consuming laboratory work. to diagnose rapidly on-site, we developed a field-friendly procedure for the detection of orf virus from oral cavity lesions. dna was extracted from goat saliva spiked with orf virus as a proxy for japa ...	2017	27628591
first detection and molecular identification of the zoonotic anaplasma capra in deer in france.	cervids are known to be reservoirs of zoonotic bacteria transmitted by ticks. this study aimed to identify the anaplasma species carried by captive red deer and swamp deer in a wild fauna reserve in france. blood from 59 red deer and 7 swamp deer was collected and analyzed over a period of two years. a semi-nested pcr targeting the 23s rrna was performed to detect and characterize anaplasma spp. and determine the presence of zoonotic species. anaplasma phagocytophilum was identified in 14/59 red ...	2019	31276519
messages from the placentae across multiple species: a 50 years exploration.	this review explores eight aspects of placentation in multiple mammalian. 1) specialities of gestational trophoblastic disease. 2) clinical significance of single umbilical artery (sua) syndrome. 3) pulmonary trophoblast embolism in pregnant chinchillas and dic in pregnant giant panda. 4) genetics status and placental behaviors during japanese serow and related antelopes. 5) specific living style and placentation of the sloth and proboscis monkey. 6) similarities of placental structures between ...	2019	31301865
effects of the physical and social environment on flight response and habitat use in a solitary ungulate, the japanese serow (capricornis crispus).	observations of the flight response of ungulates are commonly used to test behavioral responses to predation risk. in gregarious ungulates with sexual body-size dimorphism such responses are likely to be stronger in situations where individuals have perceptions of less security as well as among more-sensitive individuals, such as female groups or female groups with offspring which are understood to use safety habitats more often than males do. however, little is known about these behaviors in so ...	2019	30585168
possible transmission of sarcoptes scabiei between herbivorous japanese serows and omnivorous caniformia in japan: a cryptic transmission and persistence?	two transmission patterns of sarcoptes scabiei in host mammal communities have been reported based on microsatellite-level genetic studies in the last two decades. while one involves restrictions among different host taxa, the other is associated with predator-prey interactions between different host taxa. in contrast to these observations, the present study reports a possible irregular case of transmission of s. scabiei between herbivorous japanese serow and omnivorous caniformia mammals in jap ...	2019	31383002
genetic variability of 3'-proximal region of genomes of orf viruses isolated from sheep and wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus) in japan.	orf virus is a prototype species of the genus parapoxvirus, subfamily chordopoxvirinae, family poxviridae. japanese orf viruses, infecting sheep and wild japanese serows (capricornis crispus), have been considered to be genetically closely related based on the sequence identities of the open reading frames (orfs) 11, 20, and 132 in their genomes. however, since the genome size of orf viruses is about 140 kbp long, genetic variation among japanese orf viruses remains unclear. in this study, we an ...	2020	32391386