BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PARASITIC DISEASES

General References for Parasitic Diseases

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

Burr, H.N., Paluch, L.-R., Roble, G.S., & Lipman, N.S.

Hasegawa, H., Sato, H., Iwakiri, E., Ikeda, Y., & Une, Y. (2008) Helminths collected from imported pet murids, with special reference to concomitant infection of the golden hamsters with three pinworm species of the genus Syphacia (Nematoda: Oxy- uridae). Journal of Parasitology 94:752-754.

Kunstyr, I. & Friedhoff, K.T. (1980) Parasitic and mycotic infections of laboratory animals. In: Animal Quality and Models in Research (ed. A. Spiegel), pp. 181-192. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.

Pinto, R.M., Goncalves, L., Gomes, D.C., & Noronha, D. (2001) Helminth fauna of the golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus in Brazil. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 40:21-26.

Wagner, J.E. (1987) Parasitic diseases. In: Laboratory Hamsters (eds. G.L. Van Hoosier, Jr. & C.W. McPherson), pp. 135-156. Aca­demic Press, New York.

Protozoal Infections

Cryptosporidium spp. Infection

Davis, A.J. & Jenkins, S.J. (1986) Cryptosporidiosis and proliferative ileitis in a hamster. Veterinary Pathology 23:632-633.

Orr, J.P. (1988) Cryptosporidium infection associated with prolifera­tive enteritis (wet tail) in Syrian hamsters. Canadian Veterinary Journal 29:843-844.

Rasmussen, K.R. & Healey, M.C. (1992) Crytosporidium parvum: experimental infections in aged Syrian golden hamsters. Journal of Infectious Diseases 165:769-772.

Rhee, J.K., So, W.S., & Kim, H.C. (1999) Age-dependent resistance to Cryptosporidium muris (strain MCR) infection in golden hamsters and mice.

Giardia muris Infection

Kunstyr, I., Schoeneberg, U., & Friedhoff, K.T. (1992) Host specific­ity of Giardia muris isolates from mouse and golden hamster. Parasitology Research 78:621-622.

Patterson, M.M., Schrenzel, M.D., Feng, Y., & Fox, J.G. (2000) Gastritis and intestinal metaplasia in Syrian hamsters infected with Helicobacter aurati and two other microaerobes. Veterinary Pathology 37:589-596.

Spironucleus muris Infection

Barthold, S.W. (1997) Spironucleus muris infection, intestine, mouse, rat, and hamster. In: Monographs on Pathology of Labora­tory Animals: Digestive System (eds. T.C. Jones, J.A. Popp, & U. Mohr), pp. 419-422. Springer, New York.

Jackson, G.A., Livingston, R.S., Riley, L.K., Livingston, B.A., & Franklin, C.L. (2013) Development of a PCR assay for the detection of Spironucleus muris. Journal of the American Associa­tion of Laboratory Animal Science 52:165-170.

Kunstyr, I., Poppinga, G., & Friedhoff, K.T. (1993) Host specificity of cloned Spironucleus sp. originating from the European hamster. Laboratory Animals 27:77-80.

Schagemann, G., Bohnet, W., Kunstyr, I., & Friedhoff, K.T. (1990) Host specificity of cloned Spironucleus muris in laboratory rodents. Laboratory Animals 24:234-239.

Sebesteny, A. (1979) Transmission of Spironucleus and Giardia spp. and some nonpathogenic intestinal protozoa from infested hamsters to mice. Laboratory Animals 13:189-191.

Sheppard, B.J., Walden, H.D.S., & Kondo, H. (2013) Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with simultaneous intestinal Giardia sp., Spironucleus sp., and trichomonad infections. Journal of Veteri­nary Diagnostic Investigation XX:1-6.

Wagner, J.E., Doyle, R.E., Ronald, N.C., Garrison, R.G., & Schmitz, J.A. (1974) Hexamitiasis in laboratory mice, hamsters, and rats. Laboratory Animal Science 24:349-354.

Helminth Infestations

Pinworm Infestations

Dick, T.A., Quentin, J.C., & Freeman, R.S.

Greve, J.H. (1985) Dentostomella translucida, a nematode of the golden hamster. Laboratory Animal Science 35:497-498.

Ross, C.R., Wagner, J.E., Wightman, S.R., & Dill, S.E. (1980) Exper­imental transmission of Syphacia muris among rats, mice, ham­sters and gerbils. Laboratory Animal Science 30:35-37.

Trichosomoides nasalis Infestation

Chesterman, F.C. (1972) Background pathology in a colony of golden hamsters. Progress in Experimental Tumor Research 16:51-68.

Chesterman, F.C. & Buckley, J.J.C. (1965) Trichosomoides sp. (? nasalis Biocca and Aurizi 1961) from the nasal cavities of a hamster. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 59:8.

Redha, F. & Horning, B. (1980) Nematode infection (Trichosomoides nasalis) in the nasal cavities of a golden hamster. Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde 122:357-358.

Tapeworm Infestations

Macnish, M.G., Morgan, U.M., Behnke, J.M., & Thompson, R.C. (2002) Failure to infect laboratory rodent hosts with human isolates of Rodentolepis (= Hymenolepis) nana. Journal of Helmin­thology 76:37-43.

Macnish, M.G., Ryan, U.M., Behnke, J.M., & Thompson, R.C. (2003) Detection of the rodent tapeworm Rodentolepis (= Hyme- nolepis) microstoma in humans. A new zoonosis? International Journal of Parasitology 33:1079-1085.

Ectoparasite Infestations

Beco, L., Petite, A., & Olivry, T. (2001) Comparison of subcutaneous ivermectin and oral moxidectin for the treatment of notoedric acariasis in hamsters. Veterinary Record 149:324-327.

Bornstein, S. & Iwarsson, K. (1980) Nasal mites in a colony of Syrian hamsters. Laboratory Animals 14:31-33.

Estes, P.C., Richter, C.B., & Franklin, J.A. (1971) Demodectic mange in the golden hamster. Laboratory Animal Science 21:825-828.

Flatt, R.E. & Kerber, W.T. (1968) Demodectic mite infestation in golden hamsters. Laboratory Animal Digest 4:6-7.

Owen, D. & Young, C. (1973) The occurrence of Demodex aurati and Demodex criceti in the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Record 92:282-284.