Although the genetic distribution of introduced raccoons (Procyon lotor) in recent years is well known, few studies have examined their morphometrics, especially the relationships between sex and age in the introduced populations. The aim of this ...
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis that affects humans and animals worldwide. Raccoons (Procyon lotor), adopted in urban environments, may act as potential reservoirs of Leptospira. We investigated the prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in the kidney an...
KANDAI DOI   IORI TABATA   TAKUYA KATO   SHIN-ICHI HAYAMA   
Zoosymposia 22 296-296 2022年11月 [査読有り]
Land-use patterns, climatic factors, and wildlife distributions have been suggested to have a role in shaping vector tick distributions. In the Tokyo metropolis and surrounding prefectures, these factors have rapidly changed over the last few deca...
Aya Matsuu   Kandai Doi   Keita Ishijima   Kango Tatemoto   Yushi Koshida   Ayako Yoshida   Kohei Kiname   Akio Iwashita   Shin-ichi Hayama   Ken Maeda   
Viruses 14(12) 2631-2631 2022年11月 [査読有り]
To investigate the seroprevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) among wild and companion animals on Tsushima Island, Japan, SFTS virus (SFTSV)-specific ELISA and virus-neutralizing tests were conducted on 50 wild boars, 71 ...