BACKGROUND Intestinal threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasite of dog, cat and primates that occurs worldwide being most prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries. The adult parasitic worm is about 2 mm long and slender. It possesses both parasitic and free-living lifecycles. The parasitic worms are females. Strongyloides stercoralis infects the host via percutaneous, peroral or...

Hamiltonian formulations of quasilinear theory are presented for the cases uniform and nonuniform magnetized plasmas. First, standard Kennel Engelmann (Kennel, Phys. Fluids, 1966, 9, 2377) is reviewed reinterpreted in terms a general formulation. Within this representation, we present transition from two-dimensional diffusion spatially background plasma to three-dimensional based on our previou...

1. In 13 dogs used repeatedly as donors for plasmapheresis and plasma injection experiments and fed a kennel diet that for a period of over a year consisted chiefly of bones with much adherent fat, cirrhosis of the liver occurred in 10. Marked fatty change without definite fibrosis occurred in 2 of the dogs. 2. In control dogs fed the same kennel diet during the same period but not subjected to...

Small animal practitioners are frequently asked to diagnose, treat, and prevent the causes of infectious tracheobronchitis in dogs. “Kennel cough” is a term used to describe a moderatelyto highly-infectious respiratory condition spread in boarding kennels, shelters, and ‘doggy day care’ facilities. A loud, moist or dry, annoying cough often accompanies the contagious condition, potentially affe...

The aim of this study was to examine the differences, between seasons of the year, in the distribution of matings and whelpings, litter size, pup deaths, and sex ratio in domestic dogs. Furthermore, we wanted to examine the effects of age and parity of the bitch at the time of whelping on litter size, as well as the effect of litter size on gestational length. A final aim was to investigate the...

Investigated here are factors that control the intensities and shapes of energetic ion spectra that make up the ring current populations of the strongly magnetized planets of the solar system, specifically those of Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Following a previous and similar comparative investigation of radiation belt electrons, we here turn our attention to ions. Specifically,...

OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence of owner-directed aggression and identify associated environmental and genetic factors in English Springer Spaniels. DESIGN Prevalence survey. ANIMALS 1,053 adult English Springer Spaniels. PROCEDURE A mail survey was sent to 2,400 randomly selected owners of adult American Kennel Club-registered English Springer Spaniels. Dogs with a history of aggressio...

Acute contagious respiratory disease (kennel cough) is commonly described in dogs worldwide. The disease appears to be multifactorial and a number of viral and bacterial pathogens have been reported as potential aetiological agents, including canine parainfluenza virus, canine adenovirus and Bordetella bronchiseptica, as well as mycoplasmas, Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus, canine herpe...