An outbreak of fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia with 70-90% morbidity and 50% mortality occurred in an animal shelter in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. Clinically, the affected dogs showed severe respiratory distress within 48 h after arriving in the shelter. The dead were found mainly with nasal bleeding and hematemesis. At necropsy, hemothorax and hemorrhagic pneumonia along with severe pulmona...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPEs) are produced by Streptococcus pyogenes and belong to the family of bacterial superantigens, a group of highly mitogenic proteins. The aim of this study was to search unfinished streptococcal genomes for novel superantigens, to generate recombinant proteins from potential open reading frames (ORFs) and to analyse them for super...

equine babesiosis is a hemoprotozoan tickborne disease with worldwide distribution and caused by theileria equi and babesia caballi. this study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of t. equi and b. caballi infection in turkoman breed horses in north khorasan province of iran. blood samples were collected from 100 apparently healthy horses and examined by microscopy and indirect immuno...