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A simple and low-cost environmental enrichment program improves the welfare of , a species that adapts to animal facilities.
Front Vet Sci
September 2024
Biotechnology in Experimental Models Laboratory - LABME, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
An environmental enrichment protocol is essential for testing experimental models because it upholds animal welfare, aligns with ethical principles in animal experimentation, and reduces the number of animals needed. , a South American rodent from the Cricetidae family, is bred in rodent animal facilities for its ease of handling, longevity, prolificacy, and effectively mimicking diseases like Toxoplasmosis, Leishmaniasis, Chagas, and Schistosomiasis. There are no reports on environmental enrichments for this species or their impact on reproductive parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiseases diagnosed in red foxes from the southeastern United States.
J Wildl Dis
July 1998
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
Diagnostic findings on 51 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the southeastern United States examined from 1967 to 1995 were reviewed. Etiologic diagnoses included sarcoptic manage (n = 33), traumatic injury and associated complications (n = 5), suspected canine distemper (n = 2), capture myopathy (n = 1), congenital absence of guard hairs (n = 1), intradermal tick infestation (n = 1), otodectic manage (n = 1), and toxicosis (n = 1). The cause of morbidity was not determined for three of the foxes, and three others were classified as normal animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic murine toxoplasmosis: clinicopathologic characterization of a progressive wasting syndrome.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol
February 1988
Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201.
Nya:NYLAR albino mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii gradually developed a chronic and progressive wasting syndrome characterized by facial and body alopecia, corneal opacities, necrotic lesions of ears and tail, signs of neurologic disease and death within six to eight months after infection. Haematologic changes included a transient normochromic, normocytic anaemia, and persistent lymphopenia and neutrophilia. Changes in serum proteins were manifested by hypoalbuminaemia and pronounced hypergammaglobulinaemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 37-year-old female patient reported marked weight loss, prolonged alopecia, recurrent infections and watery diarrhoea. Examination revealed Salmonella infection, candidiasis and immunological signs of previous toxoplasmosis. Between 1978 and 1981, the patient had had close sexual relations to a patient with haemophilia A.
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