| blood parasites in reptiles imported to germany. | though international trade is increasing, the significance of imported reptiles as carriers of pathogens with relevance to animal and human health is largely unknown. reptiles imported to germany were therefore investigated for blood parasites using light microscopy, and the detected parasites were morphologically characterized. four hundred ten reptiles belonging to 17 species originating from 11 asian, south american and african countries were included. parasites were detected in 117 (29%) of ... | 2014 | 25324132 |
| haemosporidian parasites of reptiles and birds from gabon, central africa. | haemosporidian parasites are protozoans that infect many different vertebrate hosts. re-examination of the diversity of haemosporidian parasites, using molecular tools, has generally led to rearrangements of traditional classifications. in this study, we explored the diversity of haemosporidian parasites infecting some species of reptile and birds living in the forests of gabon, central africa, by analyzing a collection of 128 samples of reptiles and birds. we found that samples from 2 tortoise ... | 2017 | 28509658 |
| morphology and function of the feeding apparatus of pelusios castaneus (chelonia; pleurodira). | feeding mechanics of vertebrates depend on physical constraints of the surrounding media, water or air. such functions are inseparably combined with form. the aim of this study is to show this linkage for the pleurodiran freshwater turtle pelusios castaneus and, additionally, to point out the major functional and biomechanical distinctions between aquatic and terrestrial feeding turtles as well as several intermediate forms. gross morphological investigations of skull, hyoid, tongue, and connect ... | 2000 | 10761050 |
| light and transmission electron microscopy of the dorsal lingual epithelium of pelusios castaneus (pleurodira, chelidae) with special respect to its feeding mechanics. | the ultrastructure of the dorsal lingual epithelium of the semi-aquatic west african mud turtle, pelusios castaneus, is described. our goal is to give additional information to previous studies of this species such as feeding pattern analysis and gross morphology. tissue specimens were fixed in modified karnovsky solution followed by osmium tetroxide, embedded in epoxy resin and observed using light and transmission electron microscopy. the dorsal tongue surface is covered with moderate papillae ... | 2001 | 11292172 |
| [herpesvirus detection in clinically healthy west african mud turtles (pelusioscastaneus)]. | first description of a herpesvirus in west african mud turtles. | 2015 | 25804219 |
| variation and evolution of polyadenylation profiles in sauropsid mitochondrial mrnas as deduced from the high-throughput rna sequencing. | genes encoded in vertebrate mitochondrial dnas are transcribed as a polycistronic transcript for both strands, which is later processed into individual mrnas, rrnas and trnas, followed by modifications, such as polyadenylation at the 3' end of mrnas. although mechanisms of the mitochondrial transcription and rna processing have been extensively studied using some model organisms, structural variability of mitochondrial mrnas across different groups of vertebrates is poorly understood. we conduct ... | 2017 | 28851277 |