Wild mustelids and canids are definitive hosts of Taenia and Versteria spp. while rodents act
as natural intermediate hosts. Rarely, larval stages of these parasites can cause serious …

Parasite infection is one of the many environmental factors that can significantly contribute to
carcinogenesis and is already known to be associated with a variety of malignancies in both …

Neoplasms occur naturally in invertebrates but are not known to develop in tapeworms. We
observed nests of monomorphic, undifferentiated cells in samples from lymph-node and …

Animal serum is an essential supplement for cell culture media. Contamination of animal
serum with adventitious viruses has led to major regulatory action and product recalls. We …

The common cat tapeworm Hydatigera taeniaeformis is a complex of three morphologically
cryptic entities, which can be differentiated genetically. To clarify the biogeography and the …

Gyroviruses are small, single stranded DNA viruses in the family Anelloviridae. In chickens,
the type virus (chicken anemia virus; CAV) causes epidemic disease in poultry flocks …

Horses with severe equine asthma (SEA), also known as heaves and recurrent airway
obstruction, have persistent neutrophilic inflammation of the lower airways. Cytologic …

The Taeniidae tapeworms are a family of helminths that have a similar life cycle, with
intermediate hosts develo** characteristic cysts in visceral organs. We describe here a …

We previously reported fatal infection of a captive Bornean orangutan with metacestodes of
a novel taeniid tapeworm, Versteria sp. New data implicate mustelids as definitive hosts of …

This chapter highlights diseases affecting gibbons and great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees,
gorillas, and orangutans) with emphasis on those that are important or unique to apes. All …