Fleas are wingless, brown, bloodsucking insects that may infest dogs and cats, and other warmblooded animals. Fleas transmit several diseases (for example, plague) and parasites such as tapeworms. Young animals heavily infested with fleas may die from severe blood loss. Fleas prefer certain species of animals but will attack any source of blood if the preferred animal is not available. The cat ...

In the isolated perfused hindlimb preparation of the dog, pressor responses to norepinephrine (NE) are mediated by postsynaptic alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptors. Results obtained using preferential alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptor antagonists suggest that the alpha 1-subtype is predominantly innervated while both alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes in vascular smo...

Cross-modal priming of lexical decision is a well-established method for probing the activation of competing interpretations of lexically-ambiguous spoken sequences (Zwitserlood, 1989; Gow & Gordon, 1995; Tabossi, Burani & Scott, 1995; Gaskell & Marslen-Wilson, 1996). In constructing materials for use in priming tasks, a variety of different relations between prime and target have been utilised...

The fascination of comparative ophthalmology lies in the amazing similarity between the eyes of very divergent species. Yet there are small but significant anatomical, physiological and pathobiological differences between the familiar eyes of the dog and cat and those of the rabbit, guinea pig, mouse and rat which have substantial implications for the treatment of ophthalmic conditions in these...

BACKGROUND Furred pets in the household are known reservoirs for pathogenic bacteria, but it is not known if transmission of bacteria between pet and owner leads to significantly increased rate of infections. We studied whether cats and dogs living in the household of pregnant women affect the commensal vaginal flora, and furthermore the need for oral antibiotics and rate of urinary tract infec...

Ronmark E, Perzanowski M, Platts-Mills TAE, Lundback B. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2003;112:747–754 Purpose of the Study. To evaluate the incidence of type 1 sensitization during a 4-year period among schoolchildren in northern Sweden (a dust miteand cockroach-free environment) and to examine the risk factors for sensitization, including cat and dog ownership. Study Population. A total of 1870 sch...

We monitored by blood culture and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) bartonella infection in one dog and eight cats in a household to determine the prevalence and persistence of the infection as well as its transmissibility to humans. Ectoparasite control was rigorously exercised. During a 3-year period, Bartonella clarridgeiae was recovered from one cat on two occasions, and B. henselae was isolat...

Data mining approaches have been increasingly applied to the electronic health record and have led to the discovery of numerous clinical associations. Recent data mining studies have suggested a potential association between cat bites and human depression. To explore this possible association in more detail we first used administrative diagnosis codes to identify patients with either depression...

Incidence: Oropharyngeal neoplasia accounts for approximately 6% of canine and 3% of feline cancers. The annual incidence is approximately 20 cases per 100,000 dogs and 11 cases per 100,000 cats. It is more common in the dog than any other species. Older animals (8 – 12 years) are more commonly affected. Oropharyngeal neoplasia has a wide distribution among canine breeds, however, it is commonl...

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