This study was performed to determine the prevalence of Canine parvovirus (CPV) in dogs referred to Veterinary Hospital of Ahvaz, Khouzestan province, Iran. Fecal samples were collected from 78 diarrheic dogs between 2005 and 2007. The dogs were divided into two age groups (< 6 months and > 6 months), four different breeds (Terriers, Germanshepherds, Doberman pinschers and Mixed) and another ...

Abstract Tibetan pastoralists have long been using dogs as guards. Since the late 1980s, same dogs, called “Tibetan Mastiffs,” become valuable pets for Han Chinese consumers. This paper discusses how commodification transforms value of these and care relationship between humans dogs. participate in a reciprocal yet distanced through raising guarding, which is not confined to pursuit dogs’ feroc...

background: this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in meshkin-shahr district as endemic areas of human visceral leishmaniasis (hvl) for presenting control program of hvl to health authorities.  methods: a seroepidemiological study to determine seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) among owner­ship dogs using direct agglutination tests (...

dirofilaria immitis is an important filarial nematode in dogs. in this study, age and sex distribution of this zoonotic nematode among dogs were investigated in northwest of iran in meshkin-shahr city. molecular characteristics of the isolates, based on cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene were compared to the isolates from other areas of the world.blood samples were collected from 91 dogs ...

This study reports the efficacy of vasodilator sodium nitroprusside (SNP), for treatment acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema in dogs. For this study, patients were divided into SNP only group, SNP, furosemide and dobutamine non-SNP group. Seven dogs, 6 dogs 2 favorable responders group with each. The results suggest that can be an effective alternative therapy edema.

heartworm infection is one of the most important parasitic diseases in dogs and an increasing number of cases are reported each year by necropsy in ahvaz. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of dirofilaria immitisinfection and to investigate the risk factors related to heartworm disease in urban dogs in this area. blood samples were collected from 100 dogs from feb 2007 to feb ...

in order to assess the influence of breed on the vertebral heart scale (vhs) of dogs, the vhs was measured and compared in left to right (ll) and right to left lateral (rl) views. for all dogs (n=56), the mean vhs on the rl radiographs [9.7 vertebra (v)] was significantly larger than the mean vhs on the ll radiographs (9.6 v) (p=0.047). doberman dogs had higher mean values of the vhs in ll (9.9...

the effect of tamoxifen citrate on bone mass in immobilization osteoporosis was studied in 10 dogs.osteoporosis was induced by fiberglass cast immobilization of the right hind-limb for 28 days, while the lefthind-limb served as a non-immobilized control. five dogs received tamoxifen citrate (1.5 mg/kg per os) once daily for 28 days; five dogs received no treatment. all dogs were euthanized on d...

The government's program to achieve rabies-free status by 2030 is an initiative accelerate the eradication of rabies cases in Indonesia. Rabies a highly contagious disease with 100% fatality rate, and dogs are main carriers virus. efforts minimize include vaccination susceptible animals, eliminating rabid dogs, implementing dog population management (MPA). Field observations indicate that pract...