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    • A novel host-adapted strain of SalmonellaTyphimurium causes renal disease in olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Pacifc 

      Work, Thierry; Dagenais, Julie; Stacy, Brian; Ladner, Jason T; Lorch, Jeffrey M; Balazs, George H; Barquero Calvo, Elías; Berlowski-Zier, Brenda; Breeden, Renee; Corrales Gómez, Natalia; González Barrientos, Rocío; Harris, Heather S.; Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Herrera-Ulloa, Angel; Hesami, Shoreh; Todd Jones, T.; Norton, Terry M.; Rameyer, Robert A.; Taylor, Daniel R.; Waltzek, Thomas B. (Springer Nature, 2019-06)
      Salmonella spp. are frequently shed by wildlife including turtles, but S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium or lesions associated with Salmonella are rare in turtles. Between 1996 and 2016, we necropsied 127 ...
    • Brucellosis in mammals of Costa Rica: An epidemiological survey 

      Hernández Mora, Gabriela; Bonilla Montoya, Roberto; Barrantes Granados, Osvaldo; Esquivel Suárez, Andrea; Montero Caballero, Danilo; González Barrientos, Rocío; Fallas Monge, Zeanne; Palacios Alfaro, José David; Campos, Elena; Chanto, Grettel; Chacón Díaz, Carlos; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Guzman-Verri, Caterina; ROMERO-ZUÑIGA, JUAN JOSÉ; Moreno, Edgardo; Baldi, Mario (PLOS ONE, 2017-08-09)
      Brucellosis has been an endemic disease of cattle and humans in Costa Rica since the beginning of XX century. However, brucellosis in sheep, goats, pigs, water buffaloes, horses and cetaceans, has not been reported in ...
    • Saxitoxin Poisoning in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Linked to Scavenging on Mass Mortality of Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer Fish (Canthigaster rostrata-Tetraodontidae) 

      González Barrientos, Rocío; Hernández-Mora, Gabriela; Alegre, Fernando; Field, Theresa; Flewelling, Leanne; McGrath, Sara; Deeds, Jonathan; Salazar Chacón, Yajaira; Rojas Arrieta, Karla; Calvo Vargas, Emilia; Berrocal Artavia, Karen; Stacy, Brian A. (Frontiers Media (Suiza), 2019-12-17)
      Fish within the family Tetraodontidae are potential sources of both endogenous tetrodotoxins (TTXs) and dietary derived saxitoxins (STXs). Ingestion of fish tissues containing these toxins by other vertebrates can lead ...