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Naturally occurring ehrlichiosis in Egyptian dogs

Canine ehrlichiosis has emerged as one of the most clinically important tick-borne diseases affecting dogs. Eighty-five naturally infected dogs have been investigated, the most consistent clinical signs recorded were fever, emaciation and lymphoadenopathy, anemia, monocytosis, thrompocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, elevation in liver enzymes and total bilirubin were the most remarkable changes asso...

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Coinfection Associated with Naturally Occurring Cryptosporidiosis in Broilers

Naturally occurring fluorescence in frogs.

Fluorescence, the absorption of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation reemitted at longer wavelengths, has been suggested to play several biological roles in metazoans. This phenomenon is uncommon in tetrapods, being restricted mostly to parrots and marine turtles. We report fluorescence in amphibians, in the tree frog Hypsiboas punctatus, showing that fluorescence in living frogs is produ...

Naturally occurring enolethers

Enolethers are a group of reactive compounds also occurring in the nature and displaying different kinds of activities, such as antifungal, antibacterial, nematocidal, cytostatic, cytotoxic, phytotoxic, nematicidal, antipyretic, hypotensive, analgesic, antitussive, depresant, anticancerogenic and antiviral.