Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from an urban area of Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorHancock, K.en
dc.contributor.authorZajac, Anne M.en
dc.contributor.authorElvinger, Francoisen
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, David S.en
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessed2014-06-16en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T14:13:18Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-20T14:13:18Zen
dc.date.issued2004-08en
dc.description.abstractEquine protozoal myeloencephalitis is the most important protozoan disease of horses in North America and is usually caused by Sarcocystis neurona. Natural and experimentally induced cases of encephalitis caused by S. neurona have been reported in raccoons (Procyon lotor) and raccoons are an intermediate host for this parasite. A 3-yr-long serological survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of agglutinating antibodies to S. neurona in raccoons collected from Fairfax County, Virginia, a suburban-urban area outside Washington, D.C. Samples from 469 raccoons were examined, and agglutinating antibodies ( greater than or equal to 1:50 dilution) were found in 433 (92.3%) of the raccoons. This study indicates that exposure to S. neurona is high in this metropolitan area.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAnimal Health and Disease grant 137180en
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dc.identifier.citationKatie Hancock, Anne M. Zajac, Francois Elvinger, and David S. Lindsay (2004). "Prevalence of Agglutinating Antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) From an Urban Area of Virginia," Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 881-882. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-302Ren
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1645/ge-302ren
dc.identifier.issn0022-3395en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49065en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/GE-302Ren
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Parasitologyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectopossums didelphis-virginianaen
dc.subjectequine protozoal myeloencephalitisen
dc.subjectarmadillo dasypus-novemcinctusen
dc.subjectdistemper virus-infectionen
dc.subjectintermediateen
dc.subjecthosten
dc.subjectmephitis-mephitisen
dc.subjectlife-cycleen
dc.subjectencephalitisen
dc.subjecttransmissionen
dc.subjectapicomplexaen
dc.subjectparasitologyen
dc.titlePrevalence of agglutinating antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from an urban area of Virginiaen
dc.title.serialJournal of Parasitologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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