| parasitological survey on wild carnivora in north-western tohoku, japan. | in the winter of 1997-1998, we collected parasitological data from 60 wild carnivora in the north-western part of tohoku region, japan. these included 7 foxes (vulpes vulpes japonica), 20 raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), 29 martens (martes melampus melampus), 3 weasels (two mustela sibirica itatsi and one m. nivalis namiyei), and one japanese badger (meles meles anakuma). roundworms (toxocara canis in foxes and toxocara tanuki in raccoon dogs), hookworms (ancylostoma kusimaens ... | 1999 | 10535507 |
| identification of euryhelmis costaricensis metacercariae in the skin of tohoku hynobiid salamanders (hynobius lichenatus), northeastern honshu, japan. | since 2000, cutaneous nodular lesions were observed in tohoku hynobiid salamanders (hynobius lichenatus) in the northern abukuma mountains, northeastern honshu, japan. the distribution of diseased salamanders has expanded, along with the increasing severity of the disease. samples (foreleg, hindleg, and tail) from five diseased salamanders caught in the spring of 2009 contained 11 to 383 metacercarial cysts (0.43-0.48 mm in diameter) per individual. experimental inoculations of the metacercariae ... | 2010 | 20688689 |