aims: in this study, we examined stool specimen from a 3-year-old domesticated dog, which was referred to a veterinary clinic with clinical signs such as nausea or vomiting, dysentery, cachexia and rash in mashhad city, northeast of iran. patient & methods: a 3-year-old pet dog was referred to veterinary clinic of mashhad in february 2016 by symptoms including, nausea or vomiting, dysentery, ca...

BACKGROUND Several adult stem cell populations exhibit myogenic regenerative potential, thus representing attractive candidates for therapeutic approaches of neuromuscular diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). We have recently shown that systemic delivery of MuStem cells, skeletal muscle-resident stem cells isolated in healthy dog, generates the remodelling of muscle tissue and gi...

BACKGROUND Regular walking improves overall health and functional ability of older adults, yet most are sedentary. Dog ownership/pet responsibility may increase walking in older adults. Goals of this study were to identify factors that influence older adult walking and compare physical activity, functional ability and psychosocial characteristics by dog ownership status. METHODS In this cross...

BACKGROUND Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are major threats to population health. A considerable proportion of people own dogs, and there is good evidence that dog ownership is associated with higher levels of physical activity. However not all owners walk their dogs regularly. This paper comprehensively reviews the evidence for correlates of dog walking so that effective intervent...

A 5-year-old male cross-bred guard dog with signs of anorexia, vomiting and jaundice was referred to Small Animal Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran. Initial diagnostic laboratory tests revealed leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, haemoconcentration, azotaemia, high liver enzyme activities, proteinuria and bilirubinuria. Aggressive therapeutic procedures failed to improv...

Bacterial infection of the brain is relatively rare in dogs and cats. A cat at approximately three months of age was admitted to the clinic with a history of dog bite seven days before admission. On clinical presentation, the cat was unconscious and in lateral recumbency. One hour after admission, the cat developed severe apnoea and asystole. Cardiorespiratory resuscitation was unsuccessful and...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) is defined as concurrent neoplasia or hyperplasia in more than one endocrine gland. MEN is well known in humans and has also been reported in small animals. We report on a dog family of a mixed breed with Alaskan malamute as a major influence, where three members developed thyroid carcinomas and another dog had clinical signs mimicking the other three but with...

Timing of germination is presumably under strong natural selection as it determines the environmental conditions in which a plant germinates and initiates its postembryonic life cycle. To investigate how seed dormancy is controlled, quantitative trait loci (QTL) analyses has been performed in six Arabidopsis thaliana recombinant inbred line populations by analyzing them simultaneously using a m...

Rabies was introduced to the island of Flores (East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia) in 1997, by a dog transported from Buton Island to the eastern extremity of Flores. The disease subsequently spread westwards to affect the whole island, with the domestic dog being the principal host species. Rabies control was attempted almost entirely through dog population reduction, which was carried out...

An unusual asymmetry has been observed in natural category formation in infants (Quinn, Eimas, and Rosenkrantz, 1993). Infants who are initially exposed to a series of pictures of cats and then are shown a dog and a novel cat, show significantly more interest in the dog than in the cat. However, when the order of presentation is reversed — dogs are seen first, then a cat and a novel dog — the c...