A serological and fecal parasitologic survey of the critically endangered pygmy raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 615-617

  McFadden, Katherine W ^a   Wade, Susan E ^b   Dubovi, Edward J ^b   Gompper, Matthew E ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cozumel Island; Disease spillover; Endoparasites; Mexico; Procyon pygmaeus; Raccoon; Viral pathogens

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPILLARIA; EIMERIA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HETEROPHYIDAE; LISTROPHORIDAE; PHYSALOPTERA; PROCYON LOTOR; PROCYON PYGMAEUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREMATODA;

EID: 27744467205     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.3.615     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Barker, I. K., and C. R. Parrish. 2001. Parvovirus infections. In: Infectious diseases of wild mammals. 3rd Edition. E. S. Williams and I. K. Barker (eds.). Iowa State University Press, Ames, lowa, pp. 131-146.
2. Cuarón, A., M. Morales-Martinez, K. W. McFadden, D. Valenzuela, and M. E.Gompper. 2004. The status of dwarf carnivores on Cozumel Island, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 317-331.
3. Dobson, A. P. 1988. Restoring island ecosystems: The potential of parasites to control introduced mammals. Conservation Biology 2: 31-39.
4. Fiorello, C. V., S. L. Deem, M. E. Gompper, and E. J. Dubovi. 2004. Seroprevalence of pathogens in domestic carnivores on the border of Madidi National Park, Bolivia. Animal Conservation 7: 45-54.
5. Funk, S. M., C. V. Fiorello, S. Cleaveland, and M. E. Gompper. 2001. The role of disease in carnivore ecology and conservation. In: Carnivore conservation, J. L. Gittleman, S. M. Funk, D. W. Macdonald, and R. K. Wayne (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 443-466.
6. Georgi, J. R., M. E. Georgi, and V. J. Theodorides. 1990. Parasitology for veterinarians. 5th Edition. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
7. Hamblin, N. L. 1984. Animal use by the Cozumel Maya. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
8. Kimber, K. R., G. V. Kollias, and E. J. Dubovi. 2000. Serologic survey of selected viral agents in recently captured wild North American river otters (Lontra canadensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31: 168-175.
9. McFadden, K. W. 2004. The ecology, evolution, and natural history of the endangered carnivores of Cozumel Island, Mexico. PhD Dissertation, Columbia University, New York.
10. Pisanu, B., J.-L. Chapuis, and M.-C. Durette-Desset. 2001. Helminths from introduced mammals on Keruelen, Crozet, and Amsterdam Islands. Journal of Parasitology 87: 1205-1208.
11. Roscoe, D. E. 1993. Epizootiology of canine distemper in New Jersey raccoons. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29: 390-395.
12. Woods, L. W. 2001. Adenoviral diseases. In Infectious diseases of wild mammals. 3rd Edition. E. S. Williams and I. K. Barker (eds.). Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, pp. 202-212.