Findings can now be used in screening processes to monitor bee health across the world
Study calls for greater understanding of the needs of captive snakes
Datasheet Type(s): Veterinary Arthropod, Vector of Animal Disease
'Animal Ethics Dilemma' is a freely available computer-supported learning tool (www.animalethicsdilemma.net or www.aedilemma.net) which has been developed primarily for veterinary undergraduates but is applicable also to students in other fields of animal science. The objectives of the computer...
Author(s)
Hanlon, A. J.; Algers, A.; Dich, T.; Hansen, T.; Loor, H.; Sandøe, P.
Publisher
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), Wheathampstead, UK
Citation
Animal Welfare, 2007, 16, Supplement, pp 155-158
Opossums of the genus Didelphis are considered synanthropic animals due to their close contact with human beings. Previously, two species of hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) have been detected in opossums: 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis' in the North American opossum (Didelphis...
Author(s)
Pontarolo, G. H.; Kühl, L. F.; Pedrassani, D.; Campos, M.; Figueiredo, F. B.; Valente, J. D. M.; Gonçalves, L. R.; André, M. R.; Vieira, T. S. W. J.; Vieira, R. F. da C.; Filho, I. R. de B.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020, 68, 2, pp 565-572
Hemoplasmas are epierythrocytic bacteria that infect mammals. 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoalbiventris' was detected in white-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris) from southern and central-western Brazil. The present study aimed at: (i) screening opossums for tick-borne (TBP) pathogens...
Author(s)
Oliveira, R. P. A. de; Collere, F. C. M.; Ferrari, L. D. R.; Coradi, V. dos S.; Soares, N. de A.; Leandro, A. de S.; Oliveira, W. F. de; Galvão, S. R.; Kafka, R.; Delai, R. M.; Martini, R.; Saldanha, A.; Santos, L. P. dos; Cubas, Z. S.; Lange, R. R.; Vieira, T. S. W. J.; Vieira, R. F. da C.
Publisher
Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária, São Paulo, Brazil
Citation
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 2021, 30, 4,
In Brazil, the orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) is widely distributed in the Atlantic Rainforest biome being amongst the most frequently road-killed animal. Porcupines may also be commonly found on forest borders and occasionally, near urban areas where human and domestic...
Author(s)
Valente, J. D. M.; Saldanha, A.; Martini, R.; Lange, R. R.; Baggio, R. A.; Martins, T. F.; Santos, L. P. dos; Sousa, R. S. de; Vieira, T. S. W. J.; Vieira, R. F. C.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020, 68, 3, pp 1054-1061
New resource highlights the links between human and animal wellbeing and assesses the impact of emerging factors on animal health.
Study finds that dogs pay more attention to ‘dog-directed speech’ than to ‘adult-directed speech’
Spirocerca lupi is a parasite that belongs to the family of spiruroidea. The parasite causes the disease spirocercosis, a disease characterized by severe cancer-like conditions tumors of the esophageal wall and aorta in primarily dogs. Spirocerca spp. has been detected in Danish foxes in the area...
Author(s)
Petersen, H. H.; Larsen, G.; Chriél, M.
Publisher
Danske Dyrlægeforening, Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation
Dansk Veterinærtidsskrift, 2017, 100, 16, pp 30-33