Tetragomphius melis Infection of the Pancreas in Japanese Badger (Meles meles anakuma).

Tetragomphius melis n. sp. (Nematoda; Ancylostomidae) from the Japanese badger, Meles meles anakuma Temminck.

Intrathyroidal epithelial thymoma: carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation mimicking squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid.

Intrathyroidal Epithelial Thymoma: Carcinoma Showing Thymus-like Differentiation Mimicking Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid Aya Ebina, Iwao Sugitani, Noriko Motoi ... 2 Clinical Pictures in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease: A Report of a Case Chiharu Miyatake, Shinya Koizumi, Hidehiko Narazaki, Takeshi Asano, Hitoshi Osaka, Kenji Kurosawa, Jun-ichi Takanashi, Osamu Fujino ... 74 Multispectral...

The taxonomic status of badgers (Mammalia, Mustelidae) from Southwest Asia based on cranial morphometrics, with the redescription of Meles canescens.

The Eurasian badgers (Meles spp.) are widespread in the Palaearctic Region, occurring from the British Islands in the west to the Japanese Islands in the east, including the Scandinavia, Southwest Asia and southern China. The morphometric variation in 30 cranial characters of 692 skulls of Meles from across the Palaearctic was here analyzed. This craniometric analysis revealed a significant dif...

Evidence for a Role of the Host-Specific Flea (Paraceras melis) in the Transmission of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai to the European Badger

We investigated the epidemiology of Trypanosoma pestanai infection in European badgers (Meles meles) from Wytham Woods (Oxfordshire, UK) to determine prevalence rates and to identify the arthropod vector responsible for transmission. A total of 245 badger blood samples was collected during September and November 2009 and examined by PCR using primers derived from the 18S rRNA of T. pestanai. Th...

Acanthocheilonema delicata n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from Japanese badgers (Meles anakuma): description, molecular identification, and Wolbachia screening.

Acanthocheilonema delicata n. sp. (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae: Onchocercinae) is described based on adult filarioids and microfilariae obtained from subcutaneous connective tissues and skin, respectively, of Japanese badgers (Meles anakuma) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. No endemic species of the genus had been found in Japan. Recently, some filarioids (e.g., Acanthocheilonema reconditum, Dirof...