| ticks on captive and free-living wild animals in northeastern brazil. | from 2005 to 2009, 147 ticks found on 32 wild animals from or referred to two zoobotanical parks (parque zoobotânico arruda câmara and parque estadual dois irmãos) located in northeastern brazil were identified. ticks found on two veterinarians working in one of the parks (i.e., parque estadual dois irmãos), after return from forested areas within the park's territory, were also identified. the following tick-host associations were recorded: amblyomma fuscum neumann on boa constrictor l.; amblyo ... | 2010 | 19693679 |
| bilateral renal tubular neoplasm in a channel-billed toucan (ramphastos vitellinus). | an adult male channel-billed toucan (ramphastos vitellinus) was presented with a history of weakness, dyspnea, and severe dilatation of the coelomic cavity, which was caused by accumulation of serohemorrhagic fluid. radiographs revealed increased radiodensity and thickness of the descending aorta and a pectoral mass, and blood test results revealed anemia, hypocalcemia, hypoproteinemia, and hyperuricemia. on ultrasound examination, a hyperechoic enlarged soft tissue mass was found in the caudodo ... | 2015 | 25867666 |
| filarial tenosynovitis caused by pelecitus species (spirurida, filarioidea, onchocercidae) in the legs of a channel-billed toucan (ramphastos vitellinus). | an adult channel-billed toucan (ramphastos vitellinus), imported from surinam, south america, 18 months earlier, was found dead in its cage. at necropsy, the hock joints were swollen bilaterally and had a reduced range of motion. small curled worms were present in subcutaneous tissue around the joints, with edema and fibrin formation. these worms were classified as the filarioid nematode, pelecitus species. blood-borne microfilariae were seen in cytologic impression smears of the lung and the le ... | 2012 | 22645838 |