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Future directions in reptile medical educationElliott Jacobson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Vet Med Educ 33:373-81. 2006..Future Web-based teaching programs in reptile medicine will allow students nationally and internationally to have access to instructional material that can be continually updated...- Validation and use of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies to West Nile virus in American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in FloridaElliott R Jacobson
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 41:107-14. 2005..This indicated that wild alligators in Florida have been exposed to WNV. These findings can be used as a baseline for future surveys... - West Nile virus infection in farmed American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in FloridaElliott R Jacobson
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 41:96-106. 2005..5 cm3 each). Virus titers in plasma ranged from 10(3.6) to 10(6.5) PFU/ml, exceeding the threshold needed to infect Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes (10(5) PFU/ml). Thus, alligators may serve as a vertebrate amplifying host for WNV... - Oxalosis in wild desert tortoises, Gopherus agassiziiElliott R Jacobson
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 45:982-8. 2009..Studies are needed to evaluate the oxalate content of plants consumed by desert tortoises, and particularly those in the area where the tortoise in renal failure was found... - Neurological disease in wild loggerhead sea turtles Caretta carettaElliott R Jacobson
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 70:139-54. 2006..We speculate that the clinical signs and pathologic changes seen in the affected LST resulted from combined heavy spirorchiid parasitism and possible chronic exposure to a novel toxin present in the diet of LST... - 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... - An epizootic of chronic regurgitation associated with chlamydophilosis in recently imported emerald tree boas (Corallus caninus)Brad Lock
Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 34:385-93. 2003..Electron microscopic evaluation of granulomas showed organisms consistent with Chlamydophila sp... - Seroepidemiology of parapoxvirus infections in captive and free-ranging California sea lions Zalophus californianusHendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program and Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 69:153-61. 2006.... - Pathology and preliminary characterization of a parapoxvirus isolated from a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)Hendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program and Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100126, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 42:23-32. 2006.... - Parapoxviruses of seals and sea lions make up a distinct subclade within the genus ParapoxvirusHendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program and Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100126, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Virology 349:316-24. 2006..However, one strain was detected in two otariid species, suggesting that pinniped parapoxviruses are capable of infecting multiple species within a phylogenetic family... 
Detection of spirorchiid trematodes in gastropod tissues by polymerase chain reaction: preliminary identification of an intermediate host of Learedius learediBrian A Stacy
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, P O Box 100136, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Parasitol 96:752-7. 2010..This technique has many potential applications in trematode life cycle discovery studies...- 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... - Development and validation of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for the detection of immunoglobulin G of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)Hendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 19:465-70. 2007..The ability to detect seroconversion in all 3 immunized bottlenose dolphins firmly establishes the specificity of the monoclonal antibodies and the polyclonal antibody for IgG of the common bottlenose dolphin... - 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... - 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... - In vitro susceptibility of sea lion poxvirus to cidofovirHendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program and Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Antiviral Res 80:77-80. 2008..This study confirms the previously proposed therapeutic potential of cidofovir for the treatment of parapoxvirus infections... - Renal oxalosis in free-ranging green turtles Chelonia mydasBrian A Stacy
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, PO Box 100126, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 80:45-9. 2008..Crystal composition was confirmed by infrared and scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The source of calcium oxalate is unknown and is presumed to be of dietary origin... - Spirorchiidiasis in stranded loggerhead Caretta caretta and green turtles Chelonia mydas in Florida (USA): host pathology and significanceBrian A Stacy
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, PO Box 100136, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 89:237-59. 2010..Several areas of needed study are identified with regard to potential health implications in the turtle host, and findings caution against over-interpretation in individual cases... - 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... - Risk factors associated with development of poxvirus lesions in hospitalized California sea lionsHendrik H Nollens
Marine Mammal Health Program, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 227:467-73. 2005..Sea lions with histories of hospitalization should be kept in quarantine and infection control measures implemented to help prevent disease transmission to attending personnel and other hospitalized animals... - Use of an ELISA for detection of antibody responses in Argentine boa constrictors (Boa constrictor occidentalis)Brad A Lock
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Am J Vet Res 64:388-95. 2003..CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies recognized boa constrictor immunoglobulin. These antibodies may be useful in serologic tests to determine exposure of snakes to pathogens... - 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... - An outbreak of fungal dermatitis and stomatitis in a free-ranging population of pigmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri) in FloridaJoseph L Cheatwood
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Wildl Dis 39:329-37. 2003..This study represents the first documented report of a mycotic disease of free-ranging snakes... 
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...- 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... - Immunohistochemical staining of chlamydial antigen in emerald tree boas (Corallus caninus)Elliott Jacobson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 14:487-94. 2002..Although both antibodies labeled antigen in serial sections of tissue, a difference in staining intensity was noted... - Development and use of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of iridovirus exposure in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) and eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina)April J Johnson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
Vet Microbiol 142:160-7. 2010..Further, the duration of the antibody response is unknown and may also cause an underestimate of the true prevalence... - Use of a portable point-of-care (Vetscan VS2) biochemical analyzer for measuring plasma biochemical levels in free-living loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)Adrienne Atkins
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 41:585-93. 2010..Based on the findings of this study, the authors believe that point-of-care analyzers can provide valuable adjunctive diagnostics, especially in field situations... - Mortality in a wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta) collectionAmy L MacNeill
Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Clin Pathol 31:133-6. 2002 - Pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin after single-dose oral and intravenous administration in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)Kelly E Helmick
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 35:333-40. 2004..5 microg/ml). Enrofloxacin administered to American alligators at 5 mg/kg p.o. is not expected to achieve minimum inhibitory values for susceptible organisms... - Reference intervals and relationships between health status, carapace length, body mass, and water temperature and concentrations of plasma total protein and protein electrophoretogram fractions in Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles and green turtlesAnn G Osborne
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 237:561-7. 2010.... - Myxidium scripta n. sp. identified in urinary and biliary tract of Louisiana-farmed red-eared slider turtles Trachemys scripta elegansJohn F Roberts
Department of Infectious Disease and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 80:199-209. 2008..sp. This report documents a clinically significant nephropathy and genetic sequence from a Myxidium parasite affecting a freshwater turtle species in North America... - Relationship between separation time of plasma from heparinized whole blood on plasma biochemical analytes of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)Eliza Eisenhawer
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 39:208-15. 2008.... - Plasma concentrations of enrofloxacin after single-dose oral administration in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)Elliott Jacobson
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 36:628-34. 2005..80 hr for group I and 54.42 hr for group 2. These findings indicated that enrofloxacin is absorbed following oral administration in loggerhead sea turtles, and blood levels are maintained up to 168 hr following administration... - In vitro drug susceptibility pattern of Mycoplasma alligatoris isolated from symptomatic American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)Kelly E Helmick
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32601, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 33:108-11. 2002.... - Baseline circulating immunoglobulin G levels in managed collection and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)Carolina L Ruiz
Marine Mammal Health Program, and Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Dev Comp Immunol 33:449-55. 2009..High total white blood cell and eosinophil counts were the best predictors of IgG levels, suggesting higher IgG levels are likely attributable to a higher parasitic load of free-ranging dolphins... - Plasma concentrations of praziquantel after oral administration of single and multiple doses in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)Elliott R Jacobson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Am J Vet Res 64:304-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Oral administration of 25 mg of praziquantel/kg 3 times at 3-hour intervals may be appropriate for treatment of loggerhead sea turtles with spirorchidiasis... - Evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging for detection of internal tumors in green turtles with cutaneous fibropapillomatosisLara A Croft
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 225:1428-35. 2004..Results of MRI may serve as prognostic indicators for sea turtles undergoing assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation. Clinical application may be limited by cost and availability of MRI technology... - Identification of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in an emerald tree boa, Corallus caninusElliott R Jacobson
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
J Vet Diagn Invest 16:153-4. 2004..These findings show that C. pneumoniae can infect emerald tree boas, broadening the range of reptiles known to be infected by this primarily human pathogen... - Effects of blood processing techniques on sodium and potassium values: a comparison between Aldabra tortoises (Geochelone gigantea) and Burmese mountain tortoises (Manouria emys)Noha Abou-Madi
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Vet Clin Pathol 32:61-6. 2003..Hematologic and plasma biochemical evaluations are routinely used in evaluating the chelonian patient, but appropriate processing techniques have been minimally defined... - 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... - Allometric scaling of kidney function in green iguanasLara K Maxwell
Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 138:383-90. 2004..As this study also demonstrated that renal scintigraphy can be used to quantify kidney function in iguanas, this technique may be a useful research and diagnostic tool... - Pharmacokinetic disposition of a long-acting oxytetracycline formulation after single-dose intravenous and intramuscular administrations in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)Kelly E Helmick
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 35:341-6. 2004..0 microg/ml for susceptible organisms... - 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...