Background: An outbreak of leishmaniosis was studied in cats and dogs housed together with no separation in an animal shelter in Israel. Methods: The study included recording of clinical signs, serology for Leishmania infection by ELISA, PCR of blood for Leishmania DNA by ITS1 HRM and kDNA PCR,...
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Baneth, G.; Nachum-Biala, Y.; Zuberi, A.; Zipori-Barki, N.; Orshan, L.; Kleinerman, G.; Shmueli-Goldin, A.; Bellaiche, M.; Leszkowicz-Mazuz, M.; Salant, H.; Yasur-Landau, D.
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Parasites and Vectors, 2020, 13, 115, pp (20 March 2020)
Objectives: Bartonella infection has been associated with endocarditis in humans, dogs, cats and cattle. In order to evaluate the importance of this pathogen as a possible source of endocarditis in United States military working dogs (MWDs), we performed a retrospective case-control study on 26 ...
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Davis, A. Z.; Jaffe, D. A.; Honadel, T. E.; Lapsley, W. D.; Wilber-Raymond, J. L.; Kasten, R. W.; Chomel, B. B.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 2020, 27, pp 1-9
Venezuela is a country where human and canine leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum, Leishmania braziliensis and other Leishmania spp. is endemic. However, only limited data is available on canine Leishmania infection in Venezuela. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the...
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Rivas, A. K.; Alcover, M. M.; Martínez-Orellana, P.; Montserrat-Sangrà, S.; Nachum-Biala, Y.; Fisa, R.; Riera, C.; Baneth, G.; Solano-Gallego, L.
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Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2020, 21,
BACKGROUND: Bordetella bronchiseptica is a gram negative pathogen of the respiratory tract in dogs, pigs, cats, horses, laboratory animals and human beings. OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was detection of Bordetella bronchiseptica in oropharynx region of pet and kenneled dogs by PCR and culture ...
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Afi, F.; Jamshidi, S.; Bokaie, S.; Nayeri Fasayi, B.; Ashrafi Tamay, I.; Delrobaei, M.; Zahraei Salehi, T.
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Journal of Veterinary Research, 2020, 75, 1, pp Fa90-Fa97
Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a disease characterized by a large variety of clinical alterations, the majority of which being due to immune mediated mechanisms. Sick dogs usually produce high levels of Leishmania-specific immunoglobulins which may give rise to circulating immune complexes (CICs)...
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Gizzarelli, M.; Fiorentino, E.; Fayala, N. E. B.; Montagnaro, S.; Torras, R.; Gradoni, L.; Oliva, G.; Manzillo, V. F.
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Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020, 6, May,
Canine hepatozoonosis caused by Hepatozoon canis is a worldwide distributed tick-borne disease of domestic and wild canids that is transmitted by ingestion of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.) ticks. The present study was aimed to determine the prevalence of Hepatozoon infections in 80...
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Díaz-Sánchez, A. A.; Hofmann-Lehmann, R.; Meli, M. L.; Roblejo-Arias, L.; Fonseca-Rodríguez, O.; Castillo, A. P.; Cañizares, E. V.; Rivero, E. L.; Chilton, N. B.; Corona-González, B.
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Shannon, Irish Republic
Citation
Parasitology International, 2021, 80,
OBJECTIVE: To measure expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in plasma and in extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from plasma for dogs with glioma and dogs with other brain diseases. SAMPLE: Plasma samples from 11 dogs with glioma and 19 control dogs with various other brain diseases. PROCEDURES: EVs...
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Narita, M.; Nishida, H.; Asahina, R.; Nakata, K.; Yano, H.; Dickinson, P. J.; Tanaka, T.; Akiyoshi, H.; Maeda, S.; Kamishina, H.
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American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, USA
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American Journal of Veterinary Research, 2020, 81, 4, pp 355-360
An investigation was carried out to recognize the occurrence of visceral leishmaniosis(VL) in cattle, goats and dogs in the endemic zone of VL at Mymensingh district, Bangladesh. Venous blood, liver and spleen from the cattle, goats and dogs (50 from each) were collected from slaughter house during ...
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Chowdhury, G. A.; Habib, M. A.; Rima, U. K.; Hossain, M. Z.; Ruba, T.; Islam, M. S.; Labony, S. S.; Das, P. M.; Khan, M. A. H. N. A.
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Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists, Izatnagar, India
Citation
Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2019, 43, 1, pp 28-33
In this study, three different diagnostic tests for parvovirus were compared with vaccination status and parvovirus genotype in suspected canine parvovirus cases. Faecal samples from vaccinated (N17) and unvaccinated or unknown vaccination status (N41) dogs that had clinical signs of parvovirus...
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Yip HiuYing [Yip, H. Y. E.]; Peaston, A.; Woolford, L.; Khuu ShiowJing; Wallace, G.; Kumar, R. S.; Kandarp Patel; Azari, A. A.; Akbarzadeh, M.; Sharifian, M.; Amanollahi, R.; Jozani, R. J.; Khabiri, A.; Hemmatzadeh, F.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Viruses, 2020, 12, 9,
Background: Cercopithifilaria bainae is a filarioid nematode of dogs. Infection with the parasite was not reported in the USA until 2017, when a dog with skin lesions in Florida was diagnosed. Brown dog ticks, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato), are the purported tick vectors, and are widespread ...
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Lineberry, M. W.; Sundstrom, K. D.; Little, S. E.; Stayton, E. M.; Allen, K. E.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Parasites and Vectors, 2020, 13, 216, pp (25 April 2020)