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Detection and analysis of six lizard adenoviruses by consensus primer PCR provides further evidence of a reptilian origin for the atadenovirusesJames F X Wellehan
Zoological Medicine Service, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Virol 78:13366-9. 2004..Phylogenetic analysis indicated that these viruses belong to the genus Atadenovirus, supporting the reptilian origin of atadenoviruses. This PCR method may be useful for obtaining templates for initial sequencing of novel adenoviruses...- Detection of specific antibody responses to vaccination in variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus)James F X Wellehan
Zoological Medicine Service, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 32:379-94. 2009..Monoclonal antibodies developed in this study recognized immunoglobulins from other members of the genus Pteropus well, and may be useful in applications where specific detection of Pteropus IgG is needed... - Varanid herpesvirus 1: a novel herpesvirus associated with proliferative stomatitis in green tree monitors (Varanus prasinus)James F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 105:83-92. 2005..Comparative sequence analysis suggests that this virus is a novel member of the subfamily alpha-herpesvirinae, and is here termed varanid herpesvirus 1... - Surgical removal of a mammary adenocarcinoma and a granulosa cell tumor in an African pygmy hedgehogJames F X Wellehan
Avian and Exotic Service, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Can Vet J 44:235-7. 2003..Hyperglycemia and glucosuria were found at presentation. Mammary adenocarcinoma and a granulosa cell tumor were found and removed surgically. Glucosuria and hematuria resolved, and the hedgehog has done well for 10 mo postoperatively... - Characterization of an erythrocytic virus in the family Iridoviridae from a peninsula ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus sackenii)James F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 131:115-22. 2008..Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis found that this virus was distinct from other known iridoviral genera and species, and may represent a novel genus and species... - Consensus nested PCR amplification and sequencing of diverse reptilian, avian, and mammalian orthoreovirusesJames F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 133:34-42. 2009..This PCR method may be useful for obtaining templates for initial sequencing of novel orthoreoviruses from diverse vertebrate hosts... - Columbid herpesvirus-1 in two Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii) with fatal inclusion body diseaseMarie E Pinkerton
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
J Wildl Dis 44:622-8. 2008..PCR results provide evidence that this disease is transmitted to raptors via Rock Pigeons, most likely through ingestion of Rock Pigeons as prey... - Identification of a novel herpesvirus from a California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)April J Johnson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, P O Box 100126, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 111:107-16. 2005..Similar to THV-1, this novel herpesvirus, tortoise herpesvirus-2 (THV-2), also clusters with the alphaherpesviruses... - Ranavirus infection of free-ranging and captive box turtles and tortoises in the United StatesApril J Johnson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 44:851-63. 2008..Amphibians may serve as a reservoir host for susceptible chelonians. This report also demonstrated that significant disease associated with Ranavirus infections are likely more widespread in chelonians than previously suspected... - New recognition of Enterovirus infections in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)Hendrik H Nollens
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 139:170-5. 2009..Associations between enterovirus antibody levels, and age, sex, complete blood counts, and clinical serum biochemistries were explored. Dolphins with higher antibody levels were more likely to be hyperproteinemic and hyperglobulinemic... - Phylogenetic analysis of marine mammal herpesvirusesHeather T D Maness
Aquatic Animal Health Program and Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100136, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 149:23-9. 2011..All cetacean gammaherpesviruses formed a monophyletic clade and could not be associated with an established gammaherpesviral genus... - Characterization of California sea lion polyomavirus 1: expansion of the known host range of the Polyomaviridae to CarnivoraJames F X Wellehan
Marine Animal Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Infect Genet Evol 11:987-96. 2011..Sequence of additional samples identified four sites of variation in the t antigens, three of which resulted in predicted coding changes... - Iron storage disease in captive Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus): relationship of blood iron parameters to hepatic iron concentrations and hepatic histopathologyLisa L Farina
Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16 Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 36:212-21. 2005..On the basis of this study, it appears that evaluation of serum iron, transferrin saturation, and plasma ferritin are useful and noninvasive methods for diagnosis of hemochromatosis in Egyptian fruit bats... - Proliferative enteritis associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)Maud Lafortune
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0126, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 35:549-52. 2004..Given the fact that very specific tests are required for identifying this organism, L. intracellularis may be underdiagnosed in nonhuman primates... - Detection and phylogenetic characterization of a novel herpesvirus from the trachea of two stranded Common Loons (Gavia immer)Rolando J Quesada
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 47:233-9. 2011..Phylogenetically, GavHV1 clusters within the genus Iltovirus. The relationship between the observed lesions and the virus remains to be demonstrated... - Lymphoid follicular cloacal inflammation associated with a novel herpesvirus in juvenile alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)Pamela D Govett
Environmental Medicine Consortium, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 17:474-9. 2005..Sequencing of the PCR amplicon resulted in a 180-base pair sequence that shared 85% sequence identity with tortoise herpesvirus-1... - Two herpesviruses associated with disease in wild Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)Brian A Stacy
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, P O Box 100126, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 126:63-73. 2008..We propose the genus Chelonivirus for this monophyletic group of chelonian herpesviruses... - Six novel gammaherpesviruses of Afrotheria provide insight into the early divergence of the GammaherpesvirinaeJames F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 127:249-57. 2008..These viruses may have codiverged with their host species. Phylogenetic analysis of these novel herpesviruses suggests that two separate groups of gammaherpesviruses may have codiverged with the Afrotheria... - Characterization of an outbreak of astroviral diarrhea in a group of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)Adrienne Atkins
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 136:160-5. 2009..All animals were monitored and treated with bismuth subsalicylate tablets (524mg PO BID for 5 days), and recovered without additional intervention. This is the first report we are aware of documenting an astrovirus outbreak in cheetah... - Incomplete ovariosalpingectomy and subsequent malignant granulosa cell tumor in a female green iguana (Iguana iguana)Janice A Cruz Cardona
Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 239:237-42. 2011..A 9-year-old spayed female green iguana (Iguana iguana) was evaluated because of a distended coelom and weight loss. History included a single episode of egg binding and subsequent bilateral ovariosalpingectomy... - Siadenovirus infection in two psittacine bird speciesJames F X Wellehan
Zoological Medicine Service, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Avian Pathol 38:413-7. 2009..Like other known members of the genus Siadenovirus, Psittacine adenovirus 2 is AT-rich over the region sequenced, and it is hypothesized that this may be associated with shorter host-virus evolutionary association... - Genotype differentiation of Agamid Adenovirus 1 in bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) in the USA by hexon gene sequenceDerek B Parkin
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Zoological Medicine Service, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Infect Genet Evol 9:501-6. 2009..These findings show that this hexon region is useful for AgAdV1 genotyping, which can be used epidemiologically as well as in future investigations of AgAdV1 evolution and clinical implications of strain differences... - Renal infection by a new coccidian genus in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)Arno Wunschmann
Department of Veterinary Population Medicine Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1333 Gortner Avenue, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
J Parasitol 96:178-83. 2010.... - Characterization of San Miguel sea lion virus populations using pyrosequencing-based methodsJames F X Wellehan
Marine Animal Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Infect Genet Evol 10:254-60. 2010..SMSV appears to behave as a quasispecies. Assessment of original patient samples is preferable for understanding clinical SMSV populations... - Pythiosis in a dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)James F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 35:564-8. 2004..The camel began to lose weight postoperatively and died 6 mo later. At necropsy, the camel was found to have gastritis of the third compartment of the stomach with intralesional hyphae of this oomycete pathogen... - Detection of a respiratory coronavirus from tissues archived during a pneumonia epizootic in free-ranging Pacific harbor seals Phoca vitulina richardsiiHendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 90:113-20. 2010..The virus is tentatively named harbor seal coronavirus (HSCoV). The clinical significance of HSCoV and its involvement in the etiology of the epizootic pneumonia and deaths of the harbor seals is uncertain... - Characterization of a herpesvirus associated with tracheitis in Gouldian finches (Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae)James F X Wellehan
Avian and Exotic Service, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
J Clin Microbiol 41:4054-7. 2003..An analysis of sequence homology indicated that these gene segments appear to belong to a member of the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae... - Amphibian virologyApril J Johnson
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 8:53-65, viii. 2005..It is important for the amphibian clinician to recognize disease syndromes and pathology that are consistent with viral etiology... - Cross-reactivity between immunoglobulin G antibodies of whales and dolphins correlates with evolutionary distanceHendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program and the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, P O Box 100126, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 15:1547-54. 2008..The data generated will be useful for the development of clinical serodiagnostics in diverse cetacean species... - Fatal human herpesvirus type 1 infection in a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)Jennifer A Landolfi
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 17:369-71. 2005..Positive HHV-1 serology from several years before the terminal episode suggested that the disease was most likely due to recrudescence of latent HHV-1 infection... - Conjunctival swab cytology from a guinea pig: it's elementary!Nicole I Strik
Department of Veterinary Physiological Sciences and the Zoological Medicine Service, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Vet Clin Pathol 34:169-71. 2005..However, PCR is an important complementary tool when organisms are not observed and for accurate classification of the Chlamydia species... - Dermatophilus chelonae in a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)James F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 35:553-6. 2004..An organism was cultured and identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing as Dermatophilus chelonae. After a course of antibiotic therapy, no further lesions were seen for 5 mo... - Fatal septicemia caused by Helicobacter infection in a pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)Brian A Stacy
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, PO Box 100136, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 22:660-2. 2010..Amplification of partial sequence of the 16S ribosomal gene using polymerase chain reaction identified the organism as Helicobacter and suggest that it is a novel species... - Characterization of a parainfluenza virus isolated from a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Hendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Microbiol 128:231-42. 2008..truncatus parainfluenza virus type 1 (TtPIV-1). The virus is monophyletic with, but genetically distinct from, the various bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 strains... - Use of a nerve locator to facilitate administration of mandibular nerve blocks in crocodiliansJames F X Wellehan
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 37:405-8. 2006..Use of a nerve stimulator provides an objective measurement of nerve conduction blockade and may be useful in exotic species in which anatomic landmarks for nerve block placement are not well established... - Saccular lung cannulation in a ball python (Python regius) to treat a tracheal obstructionDebbie A Myers
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, P O Box 100101, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0101, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 40:214-6. 2009..Saccular lung cannulation is a relatively simple procedure that can alleviate tracheal narrowing or obstruction, similar to air sac cannulation in birds... - Cytologic diagnosis of Lawsonia intracellularis proliferative ileitis in a Japanese snow macaque (Macaca fuscata)Heather L Wamsley
Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Vet Clin Pathol 34:57-60. 2005.... - Computed tomography of granulomatous pneumonia with oxalosis in an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) associated with Metarhizium anisopliae var anisopliaeNatalie H Hall
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 42:700-8. 2011..This case demonstrates the value of CT for pulmonary assessment and diagnosis of fungal pneumonia in the American alligator. Fungal infection with associated oxalosis should not be presumed to be aspergillosis... - Two Plasmodium species of the crocodile skink Tribolonotus gracilis from Irian Jaya, IndonesiaSam R Telford
The Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
J Parasitol 91:148-51. 2005..Gametocytes averaged 5.9 x 5.5 (5.0-6.6 x 5.0-6.0), with LW 31.9 microm2 (25-40) and L/W 1.06 (1.0-1.2). Gametocytes are not sexually dimorphic in size or shape and had no effect upon dimensions of host erythrocytes or their nuclei... - Surgical management of a malacic corneal ulcer in a greater one-horned Asian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) using a free island tarsoconjunctival graftDouglas W Esson
Eye Care for Animals, Tustin, CA 92780, and College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
Vet Ophthalmol 9:65-9. 2006..The animal was re-anesthetized, and a free island tarsoconjunctival graft performed. This second procedure was successful, resulting in globe preservation, cosmesis, and functional vision in the affected eye... - Reptile virologyJames F X Wellehan
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 8:27-52, vii. 2005..Reptiles are hosts to diverse viral infections. This article reviews the viruses that are known to infect reptiles and discusses associated pathology, available diagnostic methods, and management techniques for the reptile clinician... - Traumatic elbow luxation repair in a common squirrel monkey (Saimiri Sciureus) and a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)James F X Wellehan
Zoological Medicine Service, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 35:197-202. 2004..In the bonnet macaque, closed reduction was performed and the elbow was stabilized using a cast. Both monkeys regained good function of the injured elbows... - Synovial fluid from an African spur-thighed tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)Athema L Casimire-Etzioni
Clinical Patholology Service, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Vet Clin Pathol 33:43-6. 2004..A high protein diet also may have contributed to the development of gout. Cytologic evaluation of synovial fluid can be used as a quick and definitive tool to diagnose gout in tortoises... - Identification and isolation of a novel herpesvirus in a captive mob of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus)Joseph A Smith
Fort Wayne Children s Zoo, Fort Wayne, IN 46808, USA
Vet Microbiol 129:236-45. 2008..Based on current herpesvirus nomenclature convention, the authors propose the novel herpesvirus be named Macropodid herpesvirus 3 (MaHV-3)... - DNA fingerprinting of Pasteurella multocida recovered from avian sourcesAlongkorn Amonsin
Biomedical Genomics Center and Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA
J Clin Microbiol 40:3025-31. 2002..multocida clones. Overall, the results of our study indicate that the rep-PCR and AFLP techniques enable rapid fingerprinting of P. multocida isolates from multiple avian species and enhance the investigation of fowl cholera outbreaks... - Antemortem diagnosis and characterization of nasal intranuclear coccidiosis in Sulawesi tortoises (Indotestudo forsteni)Charles J Innis
VCA Westboro Animal Hospital, Westboro, MA, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 19:660-7. 2007..Nucleic acid sequence data of a 1715 base-pair fragment of the 18S small subunit rRNA gene identify this coccidian as a novel species... - Proliferative dermatitis in a loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, and a green turtle, Chelonia mydas, associated with novel papillomavirusesCharles A Manire
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA
Vet Microbiol 130:227-37. 2008....