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Neurobrucellosis in stranded dolphins, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2008-09)
Ten striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, stranded along the Costa Rican Pacifi c coast, had meningoencephalitis and antibodies against Brucella spp. Brucella ceti was isolated from cerebrospinal fl uid of 6 dolphins ...
Backyard Chicken Flocks Pose a Disease Risk for Neotropic Birds in Costa Rica
(American Association of Avian Pathologists, 2008)
Pathogens of free-ranging chickens create a risk of disease for wild birds, some of which migrate to the United States, as well as potential economic losses for resource-poor farmers. Free-roaming backyard chickens are ...
Dictyocaulus viviparus seroprevalence and epidemiology in Costa Rican dairy cattle
(Elsevier B.V, 2008-07-04)
A cross-sectional serological survey of Dictyocaulus viviparus was carried out to determine the prevalence of lungworm infections in 28 dairy cattle farms distributed in five selected areas from Costa Rica. The influence ...
Diversity of Human Rotavirus G and P Genotypes in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008)
In this study 2,089 fecal samples from patients with gastroenteritis were analyzed from different hospitals
in Panama, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic during the period comprised between December 2002 and July
2003. ...
Ecological control of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811): five years after a Costa Rican pilot project
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008)
An ecological pilot project for the control of Triatoma dimidiata allowed a new evaluation four and five years
after environmental modifications in the peridomestic areas of 20 households. It was verified that the two ...
Effect of ruminally protected Methionine on the productive and reproductive performance of grazing Bos indicus heifers raised in the humid tropics of Costa Rica
(Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2008-03-11)
With the objective of evaluating the effect
of methionine supplementation prior to a breeding
program, thirty one heifers (Bos taurus x Bos indicus)
were used averaging 386 ± 29 days of age and a mean
body weight of ...
Evaluation of early embrionic development after natural mating using ultrasonography in bos indicus cows in the humid tropics of Costa Rica
(Springer, 2008)
Fifty-eight nursing Zebu cows averaging 5922 days postpartum were used to
evaluate the early embryonic development by ultrasound under a natural mating system
(bulls A to F). Three consecutive mating periods of 21 days ...
Isolation, detection and characterization of swine hepatitis E virus from herds in Costa Rica
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-06)
Although swine HEV isolates from North America, Europe, and Asia have been
genetically characterized, little is known about the strains presumed to be circulating in
Latin America. In this study, seven commercial swine ...
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 ...
Computational biology in Costa Rica: the role of a small country in the global context of bioinformatics
(PLoS Computational Biology, 2008-03-14)
The successful development of high throughput methods for
DNA sequencing, transcriptomics, proteomics, and other –omics,
has contributed to the emergence of novel possibilities for the
examination of complex biological ...