SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 45(2) 395-401 2014年3月 [査読有り]
A lethargic household dog was referred to a private hospital in Japan. Diagnosis was carried out by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method developed for human Orientia tsutsugamushi infection using the dog's anticoagulated peripheral blood. Ka...
MATSUO Shiro MORITA Tatsushi IMAI Soichi IKE Kazunori
Journal of Veterinary Epidemiology 18(2) 124-129 2014年 [査読有り]
The hearts, diaphragms, hind legs, and back muscles of 64 Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon centralis) caught in a mountainous area of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, were examined for Sarcocystis infection by detecting sarcocysts. Sarcocysts were detect...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 73(12) 1561-1567 2011年12月 [査読有り]
The purpose of this study was to assess the role of fleas for transmission of Bartonella species among wild rodents in Japan. Flea samples were collected from wild rodents and examined genetically for Bartonella infection. Bartonella DNA was detec...
M. Honda K. Namikawa H. Hirata S. Neo T. Maruo J. Lynch A. Chida T. Morita
JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 97(4) 731-734 2011年8月 [査読有り]
In June 2009, 27 guinea pigs kept at an animal petting facility at a zoo in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, were observed to scratch intensely, weaken, and develop lesions. Three sarcoptiform mites were found in skin scrapings taken from affected area...
Keiko Hamaguchi Kazunori Ike Yuko Yamazaki Tatsushi Morita Soichi Imai
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 73(2) 263-267 2011年2月 [査読有り]
Zinc (Zn) is an essential trace element for DNA synthesis and for cell growth and differentiation. The deficiency induces a wide range of disorders including immunodeficiency. In this study, the influence of Zn deficiency to the mice infected with...
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