| salmonella septicaemia in a beauty snake (elaphe taeniura taeniura). | | 2002 | 12137423 |
| assessment of pcr-dgge for the identification of diverse helicobacter species, and application to faecal samples from zoo animals to determine helicobacter prevalence. | helicobacter species are fastidious bacterial pathogens that are difficult to culture by standard methods. a pcr-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (pcr-dgge) technique for detection and identification of different helicobacter species was developed and evaluated. the method involves pcr detection of helicobacter dna by genus-specific primers that target 16s rdna and subsequent differentiation of helicobacter pcr products by use of dgge. strains are identified by comparing mobilities of unk ... | 2003 | 12909652 |
| effects of ultraviolet b on epidermal morphology, shedding, lipid peroxide, and antioxidant enzymes in cope's rat snake (elaphe taeniura). | cope's rat snakes (elaphe taeniura) favor to expose under sunlight in order to increase their body temperature simultaneously increasing the risk of skin damage by ultraviolet b (uvb) irradiation. we have investigated the effects of uvb irradiation on their skin. results show that the uvb transmission of the keratinous layer was only 5.1+/-0.36%. the peak of epidermal damage and malondialdehyde (mda) content, a product of lipid peroxidation, simultaneously occurred 72-96, 48 or 24 h after exposu ... | 2003 | 14644569 |
| severe infection of wild-caught snakes with spirometra erinaceieuropaei from food markets in guangzhou, china involves a risk for zoonotic sparganosis. | wild-caught snakes are a popular and traditional food in china. however, little known to the public, snakes are also intermediate hosts of spirometra erinaceieuropaei, a food- and water-borne pathogen of sparganosis. therefore, we investigated the prevalence of s. erinaceieuropaei in 10 popular species of wild-caught snakes in guangzhou city (guangdong province) between july 2009 and july 2010. one hundred and twenty-four specimens of 10 species (including enhydris plumbea, zoacys dhumnades, ela ... | 2010 | 21348631 |
| histological and immunocytochemical study of deferens ducts in the chinese rat snake (zaocys dhumnades). | to investigate the relationship between structure and function of the deferens ducts in the chinese rat snake (zaocys dhumnades), morphological changes within an annual cycle were observed by routine histological techniques. also, the correlation of androgen receptor (ar), estrogen receptor (er), progesterone receptor (pr) and aromatase (ar) expressions in the vas deferens and testis were studied immunohistochemically. to confirm that the sperm and the spherical structure existed in deferens duc ... | 2011 | 22184027 |
| proteomic profiling of liver from elaphe taeniura, a common snake in eastern and southeastern asia. | snake liver has been implicated in the adaptation of snakes to a variety of habitats. however, to date, there has been no systematic analysis of snake liver proteins. in this study, we undertook a proteomic analysis of liver from the colubrid snake elaphe taeniura using a combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-de) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flightmass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms). we also constructed a local protein sequence database based on transcriptome ... | 2013 | 24130453 |
| haematopoiesis and a new mechanism for the release of mature blood cells from the bone marrow into the circulation in snakes (ophidia). | this is the first description of haematopoiesis in snakes. studies were carried out on the following species belonging to ophidia: bothrops jararaca, bothrops jararacusu, waglerophis merremii, elaphe taeniura taeniura, boa constrictor,and python reticulatus. smears of the peripheral blood and histological preparations from the vertebrae, ribs, liver, and spleen were studied under a light and electron microscope. myeloid cells were present in the following locations in the vertebrae: the neural s ... | 2002 | 12242485 |
| sarcocystis clethrionomyelaphis matuschka, 1986 (apicomplexa: sarcocystidae) infecting the large oriental vole eothenomys miletus (thomas) (cricetidae: microtinae) and its phylogenetic relationships with other species of sarcocystis lankester, 1882. | sarcocystis clethrionomyelaphis matuschka, 1986 was first identified in skeletal muscles of 47 (75.8%) of 62 large oriental voles eothenomys miletus (thomas) captured between march 2012 and may 2014 in anning prefecture of yunnan province (china). sarcocyst walls were thick and possessed villous protrusions measuring 3.5-5.5 μm in length. beauty rat snakes elaphe taeniura (cope) fed sarcocysts of the species shed sporulated oöcysts measuring 13-18×9-13 (16×12) μm with a prepatent period of 16 to ... | 2015 | 26063304 |
| molecular evidence of sarcocystis species in captive snakes in japan. | sarcocystis nesbitti, using snakes as the definitive host, is a causative agent of acute human muscular sarcocystosis in malaysia. therefore, it is important to explore the distribution and prevalence of s. nesbitti in snakes. nevertheless, epizootiological information of s. nesbitti in snakes remains insufficient because few surveys have assessed sarcocystis infection in snakes in endemic countries. in japan, snakes are popular exotic pet animals that are imported from overseas, but the degree ... | 2015 | 26044884 |
| testicular cycles of the striped racer, elaphe taeniura. | | 1974 | 4837806 |
| the occurrence of the strongylid nematodes kalicephalus brachycephalus, k. bungari and k. indicus in snake species from hunan province, china. | kalicephalus is a genus of strongylid nematodes infecting snakes and causing serious diseases and even death when it is complicated with secondary bacterial infections. the infection of snakes with kalicephalus has been reported in many countries in the world. however, little information is available on the prevalence of kalicephalus in snakes in china. in the present study, the prevalence of kalicephalus in snakes was investigated. the worms were examined, counted and identified to species acco ... | 2017 | 27188582 |
| sequencing and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of elaphe davidi (squamata: colubridae). | the mitochondrial genome sequence of elaphe davidi is analyzed and presented for the first time in this work. the genome was 17,117 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal rna genes, 22 transfer rna genes and 2 control region. the overall base composition is a (35.4%), c (25.2%), t (27.0%), and g (12.4%). the base compositions present clearly the a-t skew, which was most obviously in the control region and protein-coding genes. mitochondrial genomes analyses based on mp, ... | 2016 | 25806578 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of the striped-tailed rat-snake, orthriophis taeniurus (reptilia, serpentes, colubridae). | the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the striped-tailed rat-snake orthriophis taeniurus was determined in the present study. the genome is 17,183 bp in size, containing 2 ribosomal rna (rrna) genes, 13 protein-coding genes (pcgs), 22 transfer rna (trna) genes, and 2 control regions (cri and crii). the gene order and orientation in o. taeniurus mitogenome are basically identical to that of other alethinophidian snakes. nucleotide composition is very similar with other vertebrates, sh ... | 2016 | 24730609 |
| evidence of igy subclass diversification in snakes: evolutionary implications. | mammalian igg and ige are thought to have evolved from igy of nonmammalian tetrapods; however, no diversification of igy subclasses has been reported in reptiles or birds, which are phylogenetically close to mammals. to our knowledge, we report the first evidence of the presence of multiple igy-encoding (υ) genes in snakes. two υ genes were identified in the snake elaphe taeniura, and three υ genes were identified in the burmese python (python molurus bivittatus). although four of the υ genes di ... | 2012 | 22933626 |
| prevalence and molecular characterization of spirometra erinaceieuropaei spargana in snakes in hunan province, china. | sparganosis is an important foodborne parasitic zoonosis; however, few reports on the prevalence of snake-infecting plerocercoids from hunan province in china are available. therefore, we investigated the prevalence of spargana infection in wild snakes from this region in 2018, and identified an astonishing prevalence rate of 91.7% (344/375). spargana parasites were found in 99.1% of zaocys dhumnades, 94.1% of elaphe carinata and 86.7% of elaphe taeniura. parasites exhibited various distribution ... | 2020 | 32103785 |
| spondyloarthropathy in vertebrae of the aquatic cretaceous snake lunaophis aquaticus, and its first recognition in modern snakes. | inflammatory arthritis is documented for the first time in snakes. ossification of the intervertebral capsule and zygapophyseal joints resulting in segmental vertebral fusion was observed in the aquatic cretaceous snake lunaophis aquaticus. such pathologic alterations are pathognomonic for the spondyloarthropathy form of inflammatory arthritis. a survey of 2144 snakes in recent collections, performed to identify holocene prevalence, revealed only two occurrences in extant snakes. the findings in ... | 2018 | 30291451 |