BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PARASITIC DISEASES

General References for Parasitic Diseases

Baker, D.G. (2006) Parasitic diseases. In: The Laboratory Rat, 2nd edn (eds. M.A. Suckow, S.H. Weisbroth, & C.L. Franklin), pp. 453-478.

Baker, D.G. (2007) Flynn's Parasites of Laboratory Animals, 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell.

Protozoal Infections

Desquesnes, M., Ravel, S., & Cuny, G. (2002) PCR identification of Trypanosoma lewisi, a common parasite of laboratory rats. Kinet- oplastid Biology and Disease 1:1475-1483.

Gardner, A.L., Roche, J.K., Weikel, C.S., & Guerrant, R. (1991) Intestinal cryptosporidiosis: pathophysiologic alterations and specific cellular and humoral immune responses in RNU/+ and RNU/RNU (athymic) rats. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44:49-62.

Moody, K.D., Brownstein, D.G., & Johnson, E.A. (1991) Crypto­sporidiosis in suckling laboratory rats. Laboratory Animal Science 41:625-627.

Helminth Infestations

Easterbrook, J.D., Kaplan, J.B., Glass, G.E., Watson, J., & Klein, S.L. (2008) A survey of rodent-borne pathogens carried by wild- caught Norway rats: a potential threat to laboratory rodent colonies. Laboratory Animals 42:92-98.

Hanes, M.A. (1995) Fibrosarcomas in two rats arising from hepatic cysts of Cysticercus fasciolaris. Veterinary Pathology 32:441-444.

Schwabe, C.W. (1955) Helminth parasites and neoplasia. American Journal of Veterinary Research 16:455-458.

Zubaidy, A.J. & Majeed, S.K. (1981) Pathology of the nematode Trichosomoides crassicauda in the urinary bladder of laboratory rats. Laboratory Animals 15:381-384.

Arthropod Infestations

Izdebska, J.N. & Rolbiecki, L. (2012) Demodectic mites of the brown rat Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) (Rodentia, Muridae) with a new finding of Demodex ratticola Bukva, 1995 (Acari, Demodecidae). Annals of Parasitology 58:71-74.

Peper, R.L. (1994) Diagnostic exercise: mite infestation in a labora­tory rat colony. Laboratory Animal Science 44:172-174.

Walberg, J.A., Stark, D.M., Desch, C., & McBride, D.F. (1981) Demodicidosis in laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus). Laboratory Animnal Science 31:60-62.

Watson, J. (2008) New building, old parasite: mesostigmatid mites—an ever-present threat to barrier rodent facilities. ILAR Journal 49:303-309.