Objective: This study was aimed to evaluate the parasitic diseases in patients brought to Firat University Animal Hospital (FUAH) between 1972 and 2019. Methods: Patient records between 03.31.1972 and 06.02.1982 and between 04.24.2012 and 15.09.2019 in the archive of FUAH were checked. Results: In ...

Objective: Rodents act as reservoir hosts and are an important potential source for many zoonotic pathogens such as parasites, which pose a public health risk to humans. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the prevalence of parasites among rodents. Methods: A total of 118 Rattus rattus were...

Aflatoxin is a mycotoxin with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects on human health, commonly seen in animal feeds, cereals, milk, and products produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus molds. AFM1 is synthesized when animals consuming feeds containing AFB1 metabolize...

Protozoan infections in animals are liable for significant production losses, and lots of protozoan parasites are of zoonotic importance. The use of anti-protozoal drugs is the most common way to treat protozoan diseases. Nevertheless, anti-protozoan drug resistance and the prevalence of drug...

In the presented study, it was aimed to determine the presence of Cryptosporidium parvum in the diarrhea encountered in dogs in the Gendarmerie Horse and Dog Training Center Command, which breeds dogs in various regions of Turkey. The animal material consisted of 100 dogs with diarrhea of different ...

There are several physicochemically distinct substances that cause poisoning in animals, such as drugs, pesticides, mycotoxins. Therefore, toxicological analysis of suspected poisoning samples is a difficult and complex process. Systematic Toxicological Analysis (STA), which is an operation...

Objective: This study aimed to detect the prevalence of intestinal parasites in cats by fecal examination. Methods: A total of 100 fecal samples were collected from owned and stray cats in the Kırıkkale province. Epidemiological data on the sampled cats (e.g., age, race, and sex) were recorded. The ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis, Ehrlichia canis, Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma spp, in dogs living in Erzurum province. The study material consisted of 250 dogs (140 female and 110 males) in Erzurum province. Blood samples were tested by the...

Sometimes, acute poisonings of swine can be seen due to mycotoxins and drugs, minerals, vitamins, pesticides, plants (Cocklebur-Xanthium strumarium, gossypol, etc), toxic gases. Among toxins of caused from food, mycotoxins are the most important. Mycotoxin containing feed can cause serious problems ...

Significant numbers of parasites such as protozoa, helminths and arthropods infest equids. Various investigations have been conducted in Turkey to detect these parasites. In this review, all parasites reported in horses, donkeys and mules have been listed. A total of 62, 52 and 21 helminths were...