Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud: Recent submissions
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Primer hallazgo de Anaplasma spp. y Babesia spp. en ovejas de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2014)Las garrapatas son unas de las principales causantes de pérdidas económicas en la producción ganadera debido a su capacidad de transmisión de patógenos como Anaplasma spp., Babesia spp. y Theileria spp. Estas enfermedades ... -
Nestedness patterns of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) species in a neotropical semi-arid environment
(Elsevier, 2016)A common pattern in neotropical Leishmania spp. transmission is the co-occurrence of several sand fly (SF) species at endemic foci. We collected 13 SF spp. by direct aspiration in natural resting places (NRP) and 10 SF ... -
Natural resistance of bovine animals to micrurus nigrocinctus venom
(Elsevier, 1975-11)We Report in this paper on the in vivo resistance of bovine animals to the venom of the elapid Micrttrus nigrocinctas, the most prevalent coral snake in Costa Rica (TAYLOR et al., 1974). Apreliminary report has been published ... -
Naegleria fowleri-associated encephalitis in a cow from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2006)Species of Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, and Balamuthia are soil amoebae that can cause encephalitis in animals and humans. Of these, Naegleria fowleri is the cause of often fatal primary meningoencephalitis in humans. N. ... -
MyD88, but not Toll-Like receptors 4 and 2, Is required for efficient clearance of Brucella abortus
(American Society for Microbiology, 2005-08)It is not clear how the host initially recognizes and responds to infection by gram-negative pathogenic Brucella spp. It was previously shown (D. S. Weiss, B. Raupach, K. Takeda, S. Akira, and A. Zychlinsky, J. Immunol. ... -
Evaluación de las prácticas e manejo asociadas al riesgo de la transmisión del virus de la artritis encefalitis caprina, en hatos caprinos de pies de cría de Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2008)El virus de la Artritis Encefalitis Caprina (VAEC) es un agente infeccioso que afecta a los hatos caprinos alrededor del mundo. El presente trabajo se realizó con el fin de determinar la seroprevalencia del VAEC en los ... -
Tratamiento fisioterapeútico de enfermedades y lesiones del aparato locomotor
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2005)Cuando se estableció el objetivo principal de la práctica dirigida, se consideró tratar casos de pacientes con enfermedades, lesiones o secuelas en el sistema músculo esquelético . Sin embargo, durante la realización la ... -
Detección del Virus de la Leucosis Bovina en semen de toros en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2019)La leucosis bovina enzoótica (LBE) es una enfermedad infecciosa incurable causada por el virus de la leucosis bovina (BLV) que infecta los linfocitos B y que se transmite sobre todo mediante transferencia de sangre. El ... -
Participación de los veterinarios oficiales y privados en la vigilancia epidemiológica
(Colegio de Médicos Veterinarios de Costa Rica, 2009-11-20)Aumento en los últimos años en muchos países; Costa Rica: Miembro de la OMC desde 1995 y Acuerdo sobre la aplicación de medidas sanitarias y fitosanitarias (SPS agreement) -
El equino como modelo para la investigación ortopédica traslacional: ejemplos de estudios sobre la regeneración de cartílago y hueso realizados en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, 2019-04)Generalidades de cartílago, hueso subcondral, hueso y tipos de defectos para estudios de medicina regenerativa en cartílago, estudios realizados en Costa Rica -
Estudios ortopédicos traslacionales sobre regeneración de cartílago y hueso, realizados entre la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica y la Universidad de Utrecht de los Países Bajos
(Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, 2021)Conferencia sobre las generalidades de los estudios ortopédicos en medicina regenerativa especializada en tejido cartilaginoso y óseo, realizados en la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica y Universidad de Utrecht de los ... -
Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) Persistence and Synchrony Across an Urban Altitudinal Gradient
(Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America, 2016)Patterns of mosquito spatial persistence and temporal presence, as well as synchrony, i.e., the degree of concerted fluctuations in abundance, have been scarcely studied at finely grained spatial scales and over altitudinal ... -
Mosquito biodiversity patterns around urban environments in South-central okinawa island, Japan
(The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc., 2014)Okinawa is the largest, most urbanized, and densely populated island in the Ryukyus Archipelago, where mosquito species diversity has been thoroughly studied. However, the south-central Okinawa mosquito fauna has been ... -
Morphological features of the seminiferous and cauda Epididymides epithelia of breeding zebu bulls with normal and decreased testicular consistency
(The Society for Reproduction and Development, 1999)The fine morphology of the testes and epididymes collected from breeding Zebu (Bos indicus) bulls with normal or decreased testicular consistency (TC) at clinical palpation was studied. The ultrastructure of testicles with ... -
Monitoring female reproductive function by measurement of fecal estrogen and progesterone metabolites in the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia)
(Wiley-Liss, 1994)A simple method for extracting and measuring ovarian steroids in feces is applied to the ovarian cycle, pregnancy, parturition, and period of lacta tional amenorrhea in Pithecia pithecia. Small amounts of wet, unmixed ... -
Molecular evidence of intraspecific variability in different habitat-related populations of Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Costa Rica
(Springer, 2010-02-18)Intraspecific genetic variation among Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from seven Costa Rican populations and from different domestic, peridomestic, and sylvatic ecotopes were analyzed. The complete ... -
Mast Cell Tumour in a Giant Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra vicina)
(Elsevier, 2008)A well-differentiated cutaneous mast cell tumour was diagnosed in a subadult female giant Galapagos tortoise. The tumour was a pedunculated, verrucose mass located near the base of the neck. The histological features, which ... -
Management factors related to calf morbidity and mortality rates
(Elsevier B.V, 1990)An observational epidemiological study was carried out on 63 commercial Dutch dairy farms. The relationship between managerial procedures and morbidity and mortality patterns in 1037 dairy calves from birth to 4 months of ... -
Macroecological patterns of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis transmission across the health areas of Panamá (1980–2012)
(Elsevier B.V, 2016-03-18)American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) is a neglected vector-borne zoonosis that persists despite increasing socio-economic development and urbanization in Panamá. Here, we investigate the association between environmental ... -
Life cycle of Triatoma ryckmani (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in the laboratory, feeding patterns in nature and experimental infection with Trypanosoma cruzi
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-02)A cohort initiated with 121 eggs, yielding 105 first instar nymphs (eclosion rate: 86.78%), allowed us to observe the entire life cycle of Triatoma ryckmani under laboratory conditions (24ºC and 62% relative humidity), ...