ABSTRACT
The diseases, lesions, congenital disorders, and parasites of both Insectivora and prosimian shrews were reviewed. Preliminary baseline data provide encouraging prospects for using these animals as research models because few spontaneous diseases and lesions have been reported. It must be pointed out, however, that throughout the literature reviewed, clinical histories were incomplete and histopathologic examinations had seldom been performed, particularly with the parasitic entities.
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Shrews , Strepsirhini , Tupaiidae , Adenocarcinoma/veterinary , Albinism/veterinary , Animals , Babesiosis/epidemiology , Cestode Infections/veterinary , Coccidiosis/veterinary , Ectoparasitic Infestations/veterinary , Female , Male , Mammary Glands, Animal , Mycobacterium Infections/veterinary , Nematode Infections/veterinary , Pasteurella Infections/veterinary , Polymorphism, Genetic , Rabies/veterinary , Sacrum/abnormalities , Sarcoma/veterinary , Trematode Infections/veterinarySubject(s)
Anesthesia, General/veterinary , Acepromazine/administration & dosage , Anesthesia, Inhalation/veterinary , Animals , Birds , Carnivora , Cricetinae , Droperidol/administration & dosage , Ducks , Ethanol/administration & dosage , Fentanyl/administration & dosage , Fishes , Guinea Pigs , Halothane , Injections, Intramuscular , Injections, Intraperitoneal , Ketamine/administration & dosage , Methoxyflurane , Mice , Pentobarbital/administration & dosage , Phencyclidine/administration & dosage , Rabbits , Raccoons , Rats , Reptiles , Urethane/administration & dosageSubject(s)
Bone Diseases/etiology , Cartilage Diseases/etiology , Decompression Sickness/complications , Joint Diseases/etiology , Animals , Atmospheric Pressure , Bone Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Bone Diseases/pathology , Bone and Bones/pathology , Cartilage Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Cartilage Diseases/pathology , Cartilage, Articular/pathology , Decompression Sickness/diagnosis , Decompression Sickness/diagnostic imaging , Decompression Sickness/pathology , Decompression Sickness/therapy , Disease Models, Animal , Dogs , Exostoses/diagnostic imaging , Exostoses/etiology , Exostoses/pathology , Femur Head/pathology , Humans , Joint Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Joint Diseases/pathology , Joints/pathology , Male , Necrosis/etiology , Radiography , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Monkey Diseases/diagnosis , Tuberculin Test/veterinary , Tuberculosis/veterinary , Animals , Antigens , Canada , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Cross Infection/prevention & control , Cross Infection/veterinary , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Haplorhini , Indicator Dilution Techniques/veterinary , Monkey Diseases/epidemiology , Puerto Rico , Quarantine , Species Specificity , Surveys and Questionnaires , Tuberculin/standards , Tuberculin Test/standards , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Tuberculosis/prevention & control , United StatesSubject(s)
Drinking , Mice , Oxytetracycline/administration & dosage , Water , Animals , Methods , Sodium Chloride/metabolism , Sucrose/metabolism , Water/metabolismABSTRACT
Eurytrema procyonis is reported from the pancreatic ducts of domestic cats from North Carolina and Virginia. There were extensive histopathological alterations to the pancreas, especially the pancreatic ducts. However, there was no clinical evidence of infections. The incorporation of a synanthropic host in the life history of E. procyonis allows for rapid distribution of this fluke over its potential geographical range.