Variation in executive function and age-related cognitive decline may underlie the emergence of behaviour welfare problems dogs. A better understanding such links, dog cognition general, will be facilitated by development tasks that can readily implemented, including with publicly-owned dogs are available for relatively short testing periods. Working memory is a key component often measured usi...

CE Ectopic ureters are the most common congenital cause of urinary incontinence in dogs. Dogs with ectopic ureters usually present with urinary incontinence and are predominantly young females. Ectopic ureter is thought to occur because of disruption in normal embryogenesis and is commonly associated with other abnormalities of the urogenital tract. Diagnosis is usually made with contrast radio...

INTRODUCTION Companion animals play important roles in the lives of people managing the many symptoms associated with a chronic illness such as HIV. This study explored meaningful examples of pets, particularly dogs, and their place in support networks among women living with AIDS/HIV. METHOD Data were collected via focus group, as part of a larger Photovoice project. Qualitative analysis dis...

The interspecies transmission of avian-origin H3N2 canine influenza virus (CIV) to dogs was first reported in 2007. The present study characterized a novel CIV H3N2 isolated from cats in an animal shelter. A comparative analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences of the A/Canine/Korea/CY009/2010(H3N2) (CY009) and A/Feline/Korea/FY028/2010 (H3N2) (FY028) strains isolated from dogs and cats, res...

background: toxoplasma gondii infects a wide range of animals; felines are definitive hosts and other animals including the dogs are intermediate hosts. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of t. gondii infection in dogs in tehran, capital of iran and to investigate possi­ble associated risk factors. m ethods: three hundreds ninety six serum samples were collected during 20...

1 There is a growing and important need for large-scale characterisation of dog 2 behaviour, for example to conduct genetic analyses or to assess welfare. An extensive 3 number of standardised tests and questionnaires are used for this, but few focus on the 4 normal behaviour in situations which are frequently encountered in the everyday life 5 of companion dogs. The aim of this study was to de...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of cutaneous adverse food reactions (CAFRs) in dogs and cats is not precisely known. This imprecision is likely due to the various populations that had been studied. Our objectives were to systematically review the literature to determine the prevalence of CAFRs among dogs and cats with pruritus and skin diseases. RESULTS We searched two databases for pertinent refer...

Cross-species transmission can often lead to deleterious effects in incidental hosts. Parvoviruses have a wide host range and primarily infect members of the order Carnivora. Here we describe juvenile common palm civet cats (Paradoxurus musangus) that were brought to the Singapore zoo and fell ill while quarantined. The tissues of two individual civets that died tested PCR-positive for parvovir...