Animal biodiversity and emerging diseases
Subtitle: prediction and prevention
By: edited by Olivier A.E. Sparagano, Jean-Charles Maillard, and Julio Vicente Figueroa.
Contributors: Sparagano, Olivier A. E.; Maillard, Jean-Charles.; Figueroa Millan, Julio Vicente.; New York Academy of Sciences.
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1149; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1149.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781573317146
Subjects: Communicable diseases in animals -- Tropics -- Congresses; Veterinary therapeutics -- Tropics -- Congresses; Veterinary parasitology -- Tropics -- Congresses; Animal diversity -- Tropics -- Congresses; Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- veterinary -- Congresses; Biodiversity -- Congresses; Parasitic Diseases, Animal -- Congresses; Tropical Medicine -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: "This volume is the result of a conference, entitled Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases: Prediction and Prevention, the 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, held in Merida, Mexico on June 17-22, 2007"--P. vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global factors driving emerging infectious diseases; title: A resolution by the society for tropical veterinary medicine in support of "one health"; title: Community-based animal health care; title: The Caribbean animal health network: new tools for harmonization and reinforcement of animal disease surveillance; title: Infectious diseases and the illegal wildlife trade; title: Tropical veterinary parasites at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology; title: Use of plant-derived products to control arthropods of veterinary importance: a review; title: Differential expression of the tick protective antigen subolesin in anaplasma marginale- and A. phagocytophilum-infected host cells; title: Immunological control of the poultry red mite; title: Defining the role of subolesin in tick cell culture by use of RNA interference; title: Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, and immune recognition of Bm95 from Thai strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; title: Primary midgut, salivary gland, and ovary cultures from Boophilus microplus; title: Molecular analysis of calreticulin expressed in salivary glands of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus indigenous to Thailand; title: Characterization of a Vitellogenin Gene Fragment in Boophilus microplus Ticks; title: Emergence and potential of high-throughput and integrative approaches in pathology; title: "Pathogeno-proteomics"; title: Study of bovine trypanotolerance by whole transcriptome analysis; title: Mitochondrial DNA origin of indigenous malagasy chicken; title: The effect of habitat fragmentation and species diversity loss on hantavirus prevalence in Panama; title: Recent discoveries of new hantaviruses widen their range and question their origins; title: Characterization of anaplasma infections in Sicily, Italy; title: Possible differential host tropism in Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in the Western United States; title: Anaplasma marginale Yucatan (Mexico) Strain. Assessment of low virulence and potential use as a live vaccine; title: Pathologic evidence of ehrlichiosis in calves inoculated with Ehrlichia chaffeensis; title: First report of bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma centrale in Europe; title: Flow cytometry to evaluate Anaplasma marginale parasitemia using a fluorescent nucleic acid stain; title: Immunophenotype of dogs with subclinical ehrlichiosis; title: Comparison between different polymerase chain reaction methods for the diagnosis of Ehrlichia canis infection; title: Phylogenetic analysis of Mexican Babesia bovis isolates using msa and ssrRNA gene sequences; title: Enhancement of the Mexican bovine babesiosis vaccine efficacy by using Lactobacillus casei; title: Infection and seroconversion of susceptible animals introduced into a babesiosis endemic area.; title: Expression analysis of heat shock protein 20 and rhoptry-associated protein 1a in sexual stages and kinetes of Babesia bigemina; title: Molecular characterization of babesia bovis strains using PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the msa2-a/b genes; title: msa-1 and msa-2c gene analysis and common epitopes assessment in Mexican Babesia bovis isolates; title: Water Buffalos as carriers of Babesia bovis in Argentina; title: Effect of high- and low-molecular-weight components of Lactobacillus casei on resistance against Babesia microti in NIH mice; title: Improved molecular tools for detection of Babesia bigemina; title: In vitro nematocidal activity of plant extracts of Mexican flora against Haemonchus contortus fourth larval stage; title: Evaluation of multinutritional pellets containing Duddingtonia flagrans chlamydospore for the control of ovine haemonchosis; title: Lethal activity of two Bacillus thuringiensis strains against Haemonchus contortus histotropic larvae; title: The little-known scenario of anthelmintic resistance in equine cyathostomes in Italy; title: Cytokine response in the intestinal mucosa of hamsters infected with Taenia solium; title: New epidemiological and molecular insights into feline lungworm infection; title: Phenotype characterization of Pelibuey native lambs resistant to Haemonchus contortus; title: In vitro fasciolicide activity of some plant extracts against newly excysted flukes; title: In silico fasciolicide activity of three experimental compounds in sheep; title: Immune response of Theileria sp.-infected sheep to recombinant Theileria proteins; title: Amblyomma variegatum ticks and heartwater on three Caribbean Islands; title: The application of PCR and reverse line blot hybridization to detect arthropod-borne hemopathogens of dogs and cats in Trinidad; title: Immunization with tick salivary gland extracts; title: Study on Theileria lestoquardi antigens as potential vaccine candidates; title: Field collection and genetic classification of tick-borne Rickettsiae and Rickettsiae-like pathogens from South Texas: Coxiella burnetii isolated from field-collected Amblyomma cajennense; title: Existence of splicing variants in homologues of Theileria lestoquardi clone-5 gene's transcripts in Theileria annulata and Theileria parva; title: Small-scale expressed sequence tag analysis of Theileria uilenbergi: identification of a gene family encoding potential antigenic proteins; title: Comparison of the molecular structure of the TaSP gene of Theileria annulata from Sudanese isolates; title: Cutaneous basophilia in the resistance of goats to Amblyomma cajennense nymphs after repeated infestations; title: Guinea pigs develop cutaneous basophilia after repeated infestations by nymphs of the tick Amblyomma triste; title: Effect of Amblyomma cajennense ticks on the immune response of BALB/c mice and horses; title: Development of an indirect ELISA for the diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis; title: Fungal formulations to control Rhipicephalus sanguineus engorged females; title: Performance of Metarhizium anisopliae and Its combination with deltamethrin against a pyrethroid-resistant strain of Boophilus microplus in a stall test; title: In vitro efficacy of amitraz and cypermethrin on Boophilus microplus from dairy farms in Lara State, Venezuela; title: The effects of global change on the threat of exotic arthropods and arthropod-borne pathogens to livestock in the United States; title: The poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae as a potential carrier of vector-borne diseases.; title: Examples of probable host-pathogen co-adaptation/co-evolution in isolated farmed animal populations in the mountainous regions of North Vietnam; title: Antibiotic clearance of Ehrlichia canis from dogs infected by intravenous inoculation of carrier blood; title: Frequency and type of renal lesions in dogs naturally infected with leptospira species; title: Pharmaceutical proteins in plants. A strategic genetic engineering approach for the production of tuberculosis antigens; title: Rickettsial agents in Slovakian ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) and their ability to grow in Vero and L929 cell lines; title: Toward prevention of cowdriosis; title: Prevalence of leptospirosis in dairy cattle from small rural production units in Toluca Valley, State of Mexico; title: Milk production increase in a dairy farm under a six-year Brucellosis control program; title: Prevalence of pathogens associated with bovine mastitis in bulk tank milk in Mexico; title: Prevention of Blackleg by an immunogen of Clostridium chauvoei; title: Evaluation of BCG vaccine and Mycobacterium bovis culture filtrate proteins against bovine tuberculosis; title: Human brucellosis in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda; title: Development of specific oligonucleotide probes to detect Vibrio species; title: Burden of zoonotic diseases in Venezuela during 2004 and 2005; title: Viral association with the elusive rickettsia of viper plague from Ghana, West Africa; title: Mammal and bird species distribution at the woodland-pasture interface in relation to the circulation of ticks and pathogens; title: Zoonoses and climate variability; title: Use of cymelarsan in goats chronically infected with Trypanosoma evansi; title: Fluorescence-based detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in phlebotomus vectors; title: Secretome of animal trypanosomes; title: Therapeutic DNA vaccine against Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs; title: Characterization of DNA sequences that confer complement resistance in Leishmania chagasi; title: Presence of Trypanosoma theileri in Spanish Cattle; title: Use of phlebotomine sand flies as indicator of leishmania prevalence in an endemic area; title: Leishmania DNA quantification by real-time PCR in naturally infected dogs treated with miltefosine; title: Serologic and molecular evaluation of Leishmania infantum in cats from Central Spain; title: Comparing therapeutic efficacy between ivermectin, selamectin, and moxidectin in canaries during natural infection with Dermanyssus gallinae; title: Diseases of backyard turkeys in the Mexican tropics; title: Epidemiological scenario of giardiosis in dogs from central Italy; title: Localization of Entamoeba histolytica amebopore in amebic liver abscesses in hamsters; title: Secreted proteins of Avibacterium paragallinarum are lethal for chicken embryo; title: Virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae to eggs and immature stages of Stomoxys calcitrans; title: Virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to Ctenocephalides felis felis; title: Toward a PCR-independent molecular diagnosis of veterinary and medically relevant pathogenic organisms; title: Hematological and plasma biochemistry of the adult wild African grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus).