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Mycoplasma agassizii sp., nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Mycoplasma agassizii sp., nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).

Biochemical, serological and molecular genetic studies were performed on seven mycoplasma isolates that were recovered from the upper respiratory tract of clinically ill desert tortoises. The isolates were serologically related to each other but serologically distinct from previously described species. Unique mycoplasma species-specific 16S rRNA nucleotide sequences were found in the...
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Mary E. Brown, D.R. Brown, P.A. Kelin, G.S. McLaughlin, Isabella M. Schumacher, E.R. Jacobson, H.P. Adams, J.G. Tully
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Sarcocystis neurona infections in sea otter (Enhydra lutris): Evidence for natural infections with sarcocysts and transmission of infection to opossums (Didelphis virginiana) Sarcocystis neurona infections in sea otter (Enhydra lutris): Evidence for natural infections with sarcocysts and transmission of infection to opossums (Didelphis virginiana)

Although Sarcocystis neurona has been identified in an array of terrestrial vertebrates, recent recognition of its capacity to infect marine mammals was unexpected. Here, sarcocysts from 2 naturally infected sea otters (Enhydra lutris) were characterized biologically, ultrastructurally, and genetically. DNA was extracted from frozen muscle of the first of these sea otters and was...
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J. P. Dubey, A.C. Rosypal, B.M. Rosenthal, N. J. Thomas, D. S. Lindsay, J.F. Stanek, S.M. Reed, W.J.A. Saville
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Leaping lopsided: a review of the current hypotheses regarding etiologies of limb malformations in frogs Leaping lopsided: a review of the current hypotheses regarding etiologies of limb malformations in frogs

Recent progress in the investigation of limb malformations in free-living frogs has underlined the wide range in the types of limb malformations and the apparent spatiotemporal clustering of their occurrence. Here, we review the current understanding of normal and abnormal vertebrate limb development and regeneration and discuss some of the molecular events that may bring about limb...
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I.K. Loeffler, D.L. Stocum, J.F. Fallon, C.U. Meteyer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Mortality Report National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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Kimberli J.G. Miller, K. Converse, L. Glaser, A. Schrader
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Searching for biological specimens from midwestern parks: Pitfalls and solutions Searching for biological specimens from midwestern parks: Pitfalls and solutions

This paper describes the results of searches of herbarium and museum collections and databases for records of vertebrate and vascular plant specimens that had been collected in 15 midwestern National Park System units. The records of these specimens were previously unknown to the National Park Service (NPS). In the course of our searches, numerous obstacles were encountered that...
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J. P. Bennett
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Disease emergence in birds: Challenges for the twenty-first century Disease emergence in birds: Challenges for the twenty-first century

The paper by Hartup et al. (2001) on House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) conjunctivitis is an example of the rapid geographic spread that can result from disease emergence in naïve populations. That event was neither novel nor transient relative to its occurrence or effects. Disease emergence and reemergence are hallmarks of the latter part of the twentieth century (Center for Disease...
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Milton Friend, R. G. McLean, F. J. Dein
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Disease mortality events involving Ross's Geese Disease mortality events involving Ross's Geese

No abstract available.
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M.D. Samuel, K. A. Converse, Kimberli J.G. Miller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Dual Sarcocystis neurona and Toxoplasma gondii infection in a northern sea otter from Washington state, USA Dual Sarcocystis neurona and Toxoplasma gondii infection in a northern sea otter from Washington state, USA

Dual Sarcocystis neurona and Toxoplasma gondii infection was observed in a Northern sea otter from Washington, USA. The animal was found stranded, convulsed, and died shortly thereafter. Encephalitis caused by both S. neurona and T. gondii was demonstrated in histological sections of brain. Immunohistochemical examination of sections with S. neurona specific antisera demonstrated...
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D. S. Lindsay, N. J. Thomas, A.C. Rosypal, J. P. Dubey
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Mortality Report National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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K. A. Converse, A. Schrader
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Book review: Ecological Indicators for the Nation, National Research Council, 2000 Book review: Ecological Indicators for the Nation, National Research Council, 2000

No abstract available.
Authors
James P. Bennett
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Spontaneous neoplasia in amphibia Spontaneous neoplasia in amphibia

No abstract available.
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David Earl Green, J.C. Harshbarger
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Pleurochrysis pseudoroscoffensis (Prymnesiophyceae) blooms on the surface of the Salton Sea, California Pleurochrysis pseudoroscoffensis (Prymnesiophyceae) blooms on the surface of the Salton Sea, California

Dense populations of the coccolithophore Pleurochrysis pseudoroscoffensis were found in surface films at several locations around the Salton Sea in February–August, 1999. An unidentified coccolithophorid was also found in low densities in earlier studies of the lake (1955–1956). To our knowledge, this is the first record of this widespread marine species in any lake. Samples taken from...
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Kristen M. Reifel, M. P. McCoy, M. A. Tiffany, Tonie E. Rocke, Charles Trees, S. B. Barlow, D. J. Faulkner, S. H. Hurlbert
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center, Salton Sea
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