Parasitic zoonotic diseases are prevalent throughout India at varying rates. First reports of zoonotic parasites and new emerging diseases have been recorded in both the human and animal populations in recent decades. The prevalence of zoonotic parasites is likely to be an underestimate, owing to the lack of proper surveillance and the shortage of information about the existence of asymptomatic...

Visceral urate deposition (visceral gout) is a common finding during post-mortem examination of poultry. Rare cases of visceral gout may occur in wild birds. A rare case of visceral urate deposition in a little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is reported here. In May 2013, carcass of a little bittern was submitted for necropsy to the Clinic of Poultry Diseases (Faculty of Veterinary Medic...

Five cases of visceral leishmaniasis are reported. The youngest patient was one year old and the eldest 8 years. All belonged to low-income families and their growth and development caracteristics were below standard. Diagnosis was confirmed in 4 cases through bone marrow aspiration and in one case by raised serum antibody titer prior to treatment and dramatic response to specific treatment. He...

Las Leishmaniosis son un grupo de enfermedades causadas por parásitos protozoarios del género Leishmania . En 1912, la forma cutánea localizada mejor conocida como “úlcera los chicleros” , fue descrita el Dr. Harald Seidelin padecimiento dermatológico localizado en oreja, que afectaba principalmente a chicleros península Yucatán (1). Posteriormente, Francisco Biagi logró aislar y cultivar al ag...