This article discusses the efficacy of selamectin against fleas, mange, ear mites, ticks, nematodes and heartworm, and its clinical safety in dogs and cats.

In spite of the many reports on bluetongue (BT) in cattle and sheep, publications on BT-attributed manifestations in goats naturally infected with bluetongue virus (BTV) are scarce, and up to now there have been no reports on BT-attributed manifestations in goats in Israel. In this retrospective...

Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is a highly contagious ocular inflammation frequently reported in domestic sheep and goats and in wild Caprinae. An unusually widespread outbreak of blindness is reported on a large dairy goat farm caused by Mycoplasma conjunctivae. Two stress factors were...

This issue contains abstracts of the 34th Symposium of Veterinary Medicine held in Israel during 10 February 2010. Topics include the risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of infectious and non-infectious diseases in cats and dogs; disease prevention and control; zoonoses and food safety.

This article discusses the prevalence, clinical and pathological signs of infection by avian oncogenic viruses (Marek's disease virus, reticuloendotheliosis virus, avian leukosis virus and lymphoproliferative disease virus) and their molecular and differential diagnosis and control in chicken and...

The threat of terrorism is ever present in Israeli daily life since its establishment in 1948. The possibility of epidemics occurring as a consequence of agro-bioterrorism is a real threat to Israel. Therefore, discriminating between deliberately introduced and naturally occurring infectious or...

Heavy metal toxicities are of major concern in wild and captive avian species. In wild birds it is impossible to fully control heavy metal toxicity, nevertheless it is our responsibility to prevent it in captive species. Of the heavy metals, lead and zinc are the most important in captive birds...

This is a compilation of five selected abstracts presented during the meeting. The topics include: the possible role of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase in the pathogenesis of bovine paratuberculosis; the status of brucellosis caused by B. melitensis in Israel from 2000-05; the epidemiology of recent...

This book contains the bibliographic details of works published between 1855 and 1995 on protozoa of medical and veterinary interest in Israel; work by Israeli scientists abroad is also included, and there are a few papers on problems of medical protozoology among Jews in the diaspora. Over 3600...

Paratuberculosis is a chronic inflammation of the intestine in animals caused by the slow growing and fastidious bacterium, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). The main clinical features of the disease include chronic diarrhea, a drop in milk yield, and progressive, afebrile, weight...