brown rats

Salmonella Serovars Isolated from Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Grenada, West Indies: Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility

Ravindra Sharma, Keshaw Tiwari, Gitanjali Arya, Victor Amadi, Darnell Blackman, Nicholas Markette, Tomer Shua-Haim, Roxanne Nicholas-Thomas & Harry Hariharan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Aim: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella species and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates in brown rats (R. norvegicus) from two parishes (St. George and St David) of Grenada, West Indies. Study Design: Salmonella spp.  was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/44563

Diagnostic Performance Characteristics of Serum Chemistry in the Detection of Cysticercus fasciolaris in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Richard M. Kabuusu, Keshaw Tiwari, Josephine Tang, Ruth Alexander & Ravindra Sharma · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2018

Aim: Brown rats (R. norvegicus), a natural intermediate host for Cysticercus fasciolaris, are widely distributed in Grenada. C. fasciolaris causes cysts in a number of organs, but with greater frequency in the liver. The purpose of this study was to investigate the alterations of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2018/41535