introduction and goal: today, the researchers have found that many recent diseases are due to cellular oxidative stress which is caused by the imbalance of the formation and neutralization of free radicals. including weak immune system, cancers, inflectional diseases, aging body and diabetes. diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in the world that is referred to as the mother of the dis...

tramadol is a synthetic, centrally acting opioid analgesic that has the best analgesic efficacy without excessive sedation and significant side effects in the postoperative pain relief in dogs. objectives: in this study, hematological and biochemical changes due to short usage of tramadol were assessed in clinically healthy dogs. methods: for this purpose, eighteen male mongrel dogs aged 14 to ...

a 3-month-old short haired pointer with crusty local alopecia around the eyes was presented to smallanimal hospital of tehran university. scraping and biopsy were obtained from lesions of affected area.notoedres sp. was diagnosed in skin scraping by parasitologic examination. furthermore, histopathology oflesions demonstrated moderate hyperplastic epidermis, parakeratosis and acanthosis.

in the present study, we describe a subcutaneous mass between the left flank and hip in a 2-year-old male great dane dog. histopathologically, cells appeared to be spindle shaped around a central capillary together with a fingerprint pattern. immunohistochemical analysis presented that the neoplastic cells expressed vimentin, but did not stain for s-100 protein. on the basis of histopathology a...

background: heartworm ( dirofilaria immitis ) is mosquito-borne filarial nematode capable of causing serious cardiopulmonary disease in canines and felines, and pulmonary dirofilariasis in man. this research was conducted with the objectives of determining the incidence and assessing possible risk factors of canine heartworm in the southeast of iran. methods: from october 2012 to september 2013...

background: dog is known to act as definitive host for some parasites that cause important diseases in man and animals. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of neospora caninum and other intestinal parasites in dogs in khorasan razavi province, iran. methods : a cross-sectional study was done concerning frequency of n. canium and other in­testinal parasites in dogs in ma...

rectal diverticulum is a rare condition in dogs characterized by formation of a pouch or sac due to hernial protrusion of the mucous membranes through a defect in the muscular coat of the rectum. a 12-year-old male terrier dog was admitted with a history of a left perineal swelling, dyschezia and tenesmus during the last five months. digital rectal examination identified a weakness in the left ...

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...

in recent times increasing occurrence of dermatophytosis, especially among the school children in eastern india was evidenced along with increased tendency of keeping companion animals such as dogs and cats. this study was undertaken to detect the occurrence of dermatophytes with antifungal susceptibility among the companion animals. a total of 1501 healthy companion animals comprising 1209 dog...