My research has involved studies investigating the diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of metastrongyloid parasites (nematode lungworms: Crenosoma vulpis, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Oslerus osleri) infection in wild and domestic canids.
Research Interests:
Metastrongyloid parasites of wild and domestic canids
Helminth parasites of wildlife
Citations:
Conboy G, Hare J, Charles S, Settje T, Heine J. 2009. Efficacy of a single topical application of Advantage Multi (= Advocate) Topical Solution (10% Imidocloprid + 2.5% Moxidectin) in the treatment of dogs experimentally infected with Crenosoma vulpis. Parasitology Research 105(1): 49-54.
Verzberger-Epshtein I, Markham RJF, Sheppard JA, Stryhn H, Whitney H, Conboy GA. 2008. Serologic detection of Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in dogs. Veterinary Parasitology 151: 53-60.
Bourque A, Whitney H, Conboy G. 2005. Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a coyote (Canis latrans) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(4): 816-819.
Moravec F, Conboy GA, Speare DJ. 2005. A new trichosomoidid from the skin of Sebastes spp. (Pisces) from British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Parasitology 91(2): 411-414.
Conboy G. 2004. Survey and treatment of natural infections of Crenosoma vulpis and Angiostrongylus vasorum in dogs using milbemycin oxime. Veterinary Record 155: 16-18.
