In the present review, we summarised information on helminths of 14 species wild carnivorans (a total 260 individuals examined) from Ukraine based an investigation collection materials. Additionally, domestic dog, Canis familiaris L. (n = 73) and cat, Felis catus 11) were reviewed. Helminth main helminth taxa (Cestoda, Trematoda, Nematoda) classified according to their occurrence (prevalence in...

The Brazilian Quaternary terrestrial Carnivora are represented by the following families: Canidae, Felidae, Ursidae, Procyonidae Mephitidae and Mustelidae. Their recent evolutionary history in South America is associated with the uplift of the Panamanian Isthmus, and which enabled the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI). Here we present new fossil records of Carnivora found in a cave in Au...

It was previously demonstrated that the dog dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene is polymorphic in terms of the repeat number and/or order of 39- and 12-bp sequences located in the third exon. To examine whether or not the repetitive region is present in other species of the order Carnivora, the homologous region of DRD4 genes were sequenced in the gray wolf, raccoon dog, Asiatic black bear, common...

The order of Carnivora has been very well characterized with over 50 species analyzed by chromosome painting and with painting probe sets made for 9 Carnivora species. Representatives of almost all families have been studied with few exceptions (Otariidae, Odobenidae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae). The patterns of chromosome evolution in Carnivora are discussed here. Overall, many Carnivora spec...

coenurosis is a disease of the central nervous system in sheep, caused by coenurus cerebralis , the larval stage of multiceps multiceps , which inhabits the small intestine of canidae. a case of regurgitations in a 2.5 month old lamb with acute coenurosis is being reported. the lamb was presented with a sudden onset of ataxia and re-gurgitations for 10 days. the post-mortem examination revealed...