| [parasites of the gdr. 3. endoparasites of the hare (lepus europeus)]. | 96 hares from the eastern region of the dresden district were examined for endoparasites and the results compared with those of other authors from gdr and the neighbouring countries. out of the 27 endoparasites which up till now are recorded in the middle european region in gdr are found 6 coccidia-spp.: eimeria leporis, e. robertsoni, e. townsendi, e. semisculpta, e. europaea, e. hungarica and the helminths: fasciola hepatica, dicrocoelium dendriticum, cittotaenia denticulata, andrya rhopalocep ... | 1979 | 507443 |
| pinworm infections in laboratory rodents: a review. | the important and common oxyurids which affect laboratory rodents- syphacia spp., aspiculuris tetraptera and passalurus ambiguus-are discussed and reviewed. their life histories, pathogenicity and immunity are examined, and mention is made of the influence of age, sex, strain and host status on infection. the importance of using worm-free animals in experimental work is stressed, and guidance is given on diagnosis and control. | 1976 | 768631 |
| observations on the seasonal incidence of myxomatosis and its interactions with helminth parasites in the european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus). | european rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) were collected monthly over a 10-yr period and the incidence of myxomatosis and the size of helminth populations were recorded. myxomatosis occurred annually, always as an epidemic in the latter half of the year and was associated with both an increase in the percentage of animals infected and the size of the infections of the nematodes trichostrongylus retortaeformis and passalurus ambiguus and the cestode mosgovoyia pectinata. it is suggested that myxom ... | 1988 | 3411700 |
| [occurrence of granulomatous appendicitis in rabbits]. | granulomatous appendicitis was observed in all of the 45 japanese white rabbits examined. histologically, multiple microgranulomas were accompanied with foreign body giant cells and focal calcifications in lymph nodules of appendix. foreign body giant cells contained hair coat and larvae of passalurus ambiguus. in addition, the sacculus rotundus and mesenteric lymph nodes were affected with the same lesions. pas- and gram- positive bacilli were phagocytized in the microgranulomas and macrophages ... | 1987 | 3678373 |
| the occurrence and abundance of helminth parasites of the mountain hare lepus timidus (l.) and the wild rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus (l.) in aberdeenshire, scotland. | mountain hares were collected each month between april 1984 and march 1985 and their intestines examined for helminths. 26 rabbits were also collected between july and december 1984 and examined for gastro-intestinal helminths. three nematode and two cestode species were found in the hares while only two nematode and one cestode species were found in the rabbits. trichostrongylus retortaeformis was recorded from 88% of the 193 hares and 92% of the rabbits while comparable figures for passalurus ... | 1986 | 3734402 |
| the incidence of helminth parasites from the wild rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus (l.) in eastern scotland. | samples of wild rabbits were collected each month over the six-year period 1977-82 and their intestines and abdomens examined for helminths. three species of nematode, four of cestode and one trematode were found. graphidium strigosum was recorded in 33% of the 786 rabbits, trichostrongylus retortaeformis in 79%, passalurus ambiguus in 14.2%, cittotaenia pectinata in 37%, c. denticulata in 11%, coenurus pisiformis in 3%, cysticercus serialis in 0.1% and fasciola hepatica in 0.1%. g. strigosum an ... | 1985 | 3989265 |
| [effect of thiabendazole on passalurus ambiguus (rudolphi 1819) in domestic rabbits]. | | 1974 | 4607899 |
| [on in vitro methods of maintenance of mature enterobia (passalurus ambiguus)]. | | 1968 | 5729445 |
| [endoparasite infestation of the stomach and intestinal tract of feral rabbits from the leipzig region]. | investigations on the infestation with endoparasites in stomach and gut of feral rabbits from the region of leipzig. during the hunting periods in the years 1976 till 1979 the viscera of 122 wild rabbits shot in two different biotopes in the area of leipzig were examined for endoparasites. 63.11% harboured ctenotaenia ctenoides and cittotaenia denticulata and 8.19% cysticercus pisiformis. graphidium strigosum was demonstrated in 36.88%, trichostrongylus retortaeformis in 82.78%, passalurus ambig ... | 1984 | 6465615 |
| [traumatic insemination and tubular egg receptacle in the pinworm parasite of the common domestic rabbit]. | a morphological study of subgravid females of passalurus ambiguus, pinworm of the domestical rabbit, revealed two remarkable structures: - a tubular egg receptable formed from tissue of the ventral hypodermal cord in the vulvar region in which the total egg production of the female accumulates; - a hypodermal pocket beneath the cuticle in the vulvar region which is used during traumatic insemination, a phenomenon until now unknown in the nemathelminthes. these structures might be explained as ad ... | 1982 | 6812871 |
| control of oxyuriasis in rabbits by fenbendazole. | death, poor condition and unsatisfactory breeding performance in a rabbit colony was attributed to infection with passalurus ambiguus. the trouble disappeared after treatment with 50 ppm fenbendazole in the food for 5 days. in laboratory trials 12.5 ppm for 5 days eliminated more than 99% of adult and most immature pinworms, 25 and 50 ppm eliminated all immature and adult pinworms. these doses were also effective against obeliscoides cuniculi. | 1981 | 7278108 |
| endoparasites of selected populations of cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus) in the southeastern united states. | during the fall of 1966 and spring of 1967, 260 cottontail rabbits (sylvilagus floridanus) were collected from 13 sites in 8 southeastern states and examined for endoparasites. in order of prevalence, the endoparasites found were: obeliscoides cuniculi, trichostrongylus calcaratus, trichostrongylus affinis, taenia pisiformis (cysticerci), raillietina salmoni, eimeria spp., longistriata noviberiae, cittotaenia variabilis, hasstilesia tricolor, trichuris leporis, dermatoxys veligera, passalurus am ... | 1980 | 7411746 |
| gastrointestinal parasites of the eastern cottontail (sylvilagus floridanus) in central pennsylvania. | during a 3 year period, 186 eastern cottontails (sylvilagus floridanus) were trapped from two areas and examined for helminth and protozoan parasites. fecal samples from 139 were evaluated for coccidia and helminth ova. nine species of coccictia were identified: eimera audubonii, e. azul, e. environ, e. honessi, e. maior, e.minima, e. neoirresidua, e. neoleporis, and e. sylvilagi. ova from 5 helminth species were found: cittotaenia sp., hastilesia tricolor, passalurus sp., a trichostrongyle-type ... | 1980 | 7463607 |
| [microstructural changes in the organs of the rabbit with passaluriasis]. | the paper presents the data on morphofunctional changes in some rabbit organs (the liver, kidney, intestine, lung, heart) invaded with the nematode passalurus ambiguus. the most profound inflammatory and dystrophic changes were found in the cecum which was a site of helminths. the signs of vacuolar dystrophy were also observed in the hepatic and renal parenchyma. there was activation of the immune system and mobilization of overall compensatory responses of the animals. | 1997 | 9304024 |
| use of random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) for generating specific dna probes for oxyuroid species (nematoda). | random amplified dna markers (rapd; williams et al., 1990) were used to obtained specific rapd fragments characterising different species of oxyuroids. we tested six species of worms parasitizing vertebrates or invertebrates: passalurus ambiguus rudolphi, 1819, parasite of leporids; syphacia obvelata (rudolphi, 1802) seurat, 1916, a parasite of rodents; blatticola blattae (graeffe, 1860) chitwood, 1932 parasite of the cockroach blattella germanica; hammerschmidtiella diesingi (hammerschmidt, 183 ... | 1998 | 9754296 |
| wild rabbit host and some parasites show trophic-level relationships for delta 13c and delta 15n: a first report. | we report the first isotopic study of an animal host-parasite system. parasitic, intestinal nematodes, graphidium strigosum and passalurus ambiguus, were 15n-enriched relative to their host, the european rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus, while parasitic cestodes, cittataenia denticulata and mosgovoyia pectinata, were 15n-depleted, suggesting different trophic relationships. host embryos were more similar in their delta 13c and delta 15n values to maternal muscle than were any of the parasites. copro ... | 1998 | 9854844 |
| factors influencing the fecal egg and oocyst counts of parasites of wild european rabbits oryctolagus cuniculus (l.) in southern western australia. | abundance of intestinal parasites was monitored by fecal egg and oocyst counts for samples of wild rabbits oryctolagus cuniculus with different levels of imposed female sterility from 12 populations in southwestern australia. differences in egg counts of trichostrongylus retortaeformis between seasons and age groups were dependent on the sex of the host. pregnancy may have been responsible for these differences because egg counts were consistently higher in intact females than in females surgica ... | 1999 | 10577712 |
| evaluation of the association of parasitism with mortality of wild european rabbits oryctolagus cuniculus (l.) in southwestern australia. | abundances of the parasitic nematodes trichostrongylus retortaeformis and passalurus ambiguus, and 8 eimeria species were estimated by fecal egg and oocyst output in 12 discrete free-ranging populations of wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) in southwestern australia. comparisons of parasite egg and oocyst counts were made between those rabbits known to have survived at least 2 mo after fecal samples were collected and those rabbits that did not survive. there were significant negative relation ... | 1999 | 10577713 |
| helminth parasites of the wild rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus near malham tarn, yorkshire, uk. | between 1992 and 1996, 95 rabbits from the immediate locality of malham tarn, north yorkshire, uk were examined for the presence of helminth parasites. all the examinations took place in late september or october. three species of nematodes, graphidium strigosum, passalurus ambiguus and trichostrongylus retortaeformis and two species of cestodes, taenia pisiformis and cittotaenia pectinata were identified. there were no associations between helminth species richness and year of sampling, host we ... | 1999 | 10654397 |
| patterns of parasite aggregation in the wild european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus). | understanding the factors controlling the distribution of parasites within their host population is fundamental to the wider understanding of parasite epidemiology and ecology. to explore changes in parasite aggregation, taylor's power law was used to examine the distributions of five gut helminths of the wild rabbit. aggregation was found to be a dynamic process that varied with year, season, host sex, age class, and myxomatosis. yearly and seasonal changes are thought, in the main, to be the r ... | 2001 | 11595228 |
| helminths from introduced small mammals on kerguelen, crozet, and amsterdam islands (southern indian ocean). | four monoxenous nematodes and 1 heteroxenous cestode were found in 4 species of introduced small mammals on isolated sub-antarctic islands of the indian ocean. in the kerguelen archipelago, syphacia obvelata, passalurus ambiguus (nematoda: oxyuridae), and rodentolepis straminea (cestoda: cyclophyllidae) were respectively found in the house mouse mus musculus, the rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus, and the black rat rattus rattus. one accidental nematode, trichostrongylus sp. (nematoda: trichostrongyl ... | 2001 | 11695402 |
| [morphofunctional changes in the digestive system of the nematode passalurus ambiguus (rudolphi, 1819) after use of the anthelmintics albendazole, fenbendazole, and ivermectin]. | the paper presents the results of histological and electron microscopic studies of the tissues of the digestive system of the nematode passalurus ambiguus (rudolphi, 1819) after use of the anthelminthics albendazole, fenbendazole, and ivermectine. they demonstrate that albendazole and fenbendazole cause irreversible structural changes. less pronounced destruction of different parts of the digestive system occurs after the use of ivermectine. all the drugs affect the mid-gut of passalurus. | 2003 | 12886591 |
| helminths of the wild rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) in macaronesia. | two hundred and four rabbits from 8 macaronesian islands (pico, san jorge, san miguel, terceira, and flores from azores archipelago; tenerife and alegranza from canary islands; and madeira from madeira archipelago) were examined for helminth parasites between 1995 and 2000. three species of cestodes, taenia pisiformis (larvae), andrya cuniculi, and mosgovoyia ctenoides, and 5 species of nematodes, trichuris leporis, graphidium strigosum, trichostrongylus retortaeformis, passalurus ambiguus, and ... | 2003 | 14627142 |
| parasitic helminths of the wild rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus, in different bioclimatic zones in tenerife, canary islands. | faunistic and ecological analyses of the wild rabbit helminth fauna were undertaken in tenerife island (canary islands). rabbits were collected between 1998 and 2000 in seven bioclimatic zones in tenerife selected by orientation and altitude. five parasite species were identified, three cestodes (taenia pisiformis (larvae), andrya cuniculi and mosgovoyia ctenoides) and two nematodes (trichostrongylus retortaeformis and passalurus ambiguus). taenia pisiformis presented an irregular distribution w ... | 2003 | 14627446 |
| [results of parasitological examinations of faecal samples from horses, ruminants, pigs, dogs, cats, hedgehogs and rabbits between 1998 and 2002]. | the results of coproscopical examinations in horses, ruminants, pigs, dogs, cats, hedgehogs and rabbits between 1998 and 2002 are presented. in 4399 samples from horses 37.4% stages of strongylids, 1.4% anoplocephalids, 1.3% strongyloides westeri, 0.9% parascaris equorum, 0.04% oxyuris equi, 0.04% eimeria sp. and 0.04% fasciola hepatica were found. in 998 samples of cattle 22.1% stages of strongylids, 11.2% of eimeria spp., 3.5% of cryptosporidium, 2.9% of moniezia spp., 1.3% of trichuris spp., ... | 2004 | 15287577 |
| ultrastructure of the contact surfaces of passalurus ambiguus (rudolphi, 1819) (nematoda). | the ultrastructure of the contact surfaces (integument and intestinal wall) of the nematode passalurus ambiguus has been studied. the integument is composed according to the scheme common for all nematodes and includes a cuticle, hypodermis and a muscular layer. the specificity is with regard to the epicuticle, the different number of the cuticular sublayers in the anterior, central and the posterior parts of the worm body and the absence of a basal cuticular membrane. the intestinal wall consis ... | 2005 | 16196204 |
| [helminths detected in some laboratory animals by fecal examinations.] | fecal specimens obtained from 505 rats, 317 mice, 128 rabbits and 52 guinea pigs were examined for helminth infections. in general, 38.02% of rats and 83.59% of mice were infected with one or more helminth species. the percentage of syphacia muris and syphacia obvelata were 32.48% and 12.67%, respectively, in rats, and the percentage of aspiculuris tetraptera, s. obvelata and hymenolepis nana were 79.18%, 10.72% and 15.45%, respectively, in mice. passalurus ambiguus was found only in one rabbit ... | 2005 | 17160840 |
| passalurus ambiguus: new insights into copromicroscopic diagnosis and circadian rhythm of egg excretion. | the present paper reports a study on the in vivo diagnosis and egg excretion rhythm of the pinworm passalurus ambiguus in domesticated rabbits. three copromicroscopic techniques were compared: the cellophane tape test, the mcmaster technique, and the flotac technique. out of the 51 new zealand white rabbit does examined, 42 (82.3%) resulted positive when examined with the flotac technique, 39 (76.5%) with the cellophane tape test, and 29 (56.9%) with the mcmaster technique. the agreement between ... | 2007 | 17372763 |
| [gastrointestinal parasites of rabbits in coproscopic investigations]. | parasitological screening was carried out in a breeding herd of the new zealand white rabbit breed in 2004. | 2006 | 17432628 |
| the helminth parasites of the wild rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus and their effect on host condition in dunas de mira, portugal. | the present study focuses on the helminth parasite community of the wild rabbit in a sand dune area in portugal over a 5-year period. the influence of host sex and year on the composition of the helminth community is assessed, along with the potential effect of the detected helminths on host body condition. the basic structure of the helminth community comprises mosgovoyia ctenoides, graphidium strigosum, trichostrongylus retortaeformis, nematodiroides zembrae and passalurus ambiguus. mean inten ... | 2007 | 17594739 |
| molecular phylogeny of the pinworms of mice, rats and rabbits, and its use to develop molecular beacon assays for the detection of pinworms in mice. | though pinworm infestation has been prevalent since the early years of laboratory animal medicine, the genomes of these parasites have not yet been sequenced. the authors used high-fidelity polymerase chain reaction to amplify a large portion of the ribosomal gene complex of four pinworm species commonly found in lab rodents and rabbits (aspiculuris tetraptera, passalurus ambiguus, syphacia muris and syphacia obvelata). they determined dna sequences for these complexes and carried out phylogenet ... | 2007 | 17885663 |
| [dynamics of endoparasite infections in rabbits at different rearing regimes]. | this study was intended to evaluate the occurrence and seasonality of infection of coccidian and helminth parasites, in three rabbit warrens differently managed. mothers stayed with their offspring on deep litter (farm a, 90 dams), in boxes cleaned weekly (farm b, 30 dams) or on slatted floor (farm c, 10 females), whereas all the young after weaning (1 to 5 months of age) were kept in cages with slatted floor. animals were fed a complete balanced pelleted feed (warrens a and b) or traditional fo ... | 2009 | 19670533 |
| peptidases of pinworms syphacia muris and passalurus ambiguus. | in this first report about pinworms peptidases we primarily characterize peptidases released during in vitro maintenance of two common pinworms of laboratory animals -syphacia muris and passalurus ambiguus. the peptidase activity obtained using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page) showed the presence of peptidases from s. muris with a wide range of molecular size (25-110 kda), which degrades gelatin and mucin at alkaline ph levels. p. ambiguus released serine and ... | 2010 | 20433830 |
| wild rabbit host and some parasites show trophic-level relationships for d(13)c and d(15)n: a first report. | abstract we report the first isotopic study of an animal host-parasite system. parasitic, intestinal nematodes, graphidium strigosum and passalurus ambiguus, were (15)n-enriched relative to their host, the european rabbit oryctolagus cuniculus, while parasitic cestodes, cittataenia denticulata and mosgovoyia pectinata, were (15)n-depleted, suggesting different trophic relationships. host embryos were more similar in their d(13)c and d(15)n values to maternal muscle than were any of the parasit ... | 1997 | 22087485 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of rabbit pinworm passalurus ambiguus: genome characterization and phylogenetic analysis. | passalurus ambiguus (nematda: oxyuridae) is a common pinworm which parasitizes in the caecum and colon of rabbits. despite its significance as a pathogen, the epidemiology, genetics, systematics, and biology of this pinworm remain poorly understood. in the present study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of p. ambiguus. the circular mt genome is 14,023 bp in size and encodes of 36 genes, including 12 protein-coding, two ribosomal rna, and 22 transfer rna genes. the mt gene orde ... | 2016 | 26472717 |
| the alice - "follow the white rabbit" - parasites of farm rabbits based on coproscopy. | the aim of the study, conducted in the years 2011-2013, was to determine the level of gastrointestinal parasites infection in new zealand white rabbits, kept at the experimental station of the university of agriculture in krakow. the study showed rabbits protozoan infection with the genus eimeria, belonging - based on the sporulation method - to the following species: e. magna, e. media, e. perforans, e. stiedae and e. irresidua. the highest prevalence of infection, as well as the intensity of o ... | 2015 | 26878623 |
| social environment and weather during early life influence gastro-intestinal parasite loads in a group-living mammal. | conditions experienced during early life have been frequently shown to exert long-term consequences on an animal's fitness. in mammals and birds, the time around and shortly after weaning is one of the crucial periods early in life. however, little is known about how social and abiotic environmental conditions experienced around this time affect fitness-related traits such as endoparasite loads. we studied consequences of social interactions and rainy weather conditions around and after weaning ... | 2014 | 25004871 |
| occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in slaughter rabbits. | the aim of the study was to determine the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in slaughter rabbits managed in small scale farms and under industrial farming system. the research material included intestines and livers of rabbits slaughtered between years 2007 and 2011. the rabbit carcasses submitted to parasitological examination had passed the sanitary veterinary inspection as fit for human consumption. the samples were collected in spring and autumn seasons. the studies showed no effect o ... | 2014 | 24100606 |
| parasites of wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) from an urban area in germany, in relation to worldwide results. | the european rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus) belongs to the most invasive and successful mammalian species, which is distributed nearly worldwide. in europe, they inhabit broad parts of the mainland and subsequently reached several european islands via anthropogenic diversion. rabbits can also serve as hosts for numerous parasite species. the parasite and pathogen fauna of o. cuniculus have been well documented in various european countries, although studies in germany are scarce. until now, a co ... | 2013 | 24096608 |
| sequence variability in four mitochondrial genes among rabbit pinworm (passalurus ambiguus) isolates from different localities in china. | passalurus ambiguus is a common pinworm which parasitizes in the caecum and colon of rabbits. this study examined genetic variability among p. ambiguus isolated from naturally infected rabbits in four different provinces in china. the partial mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (pcox1), cytochrome b (pcytb) and nadh dehydrogenase subunits 1 and 5 (pnad1 and pnad5) were amplified separately from individual nematodes by pcr and sequenced. the results showed that pcox1, pcytb, pnad1 a ... | 2015 | 24409849 |