A three-year-old male African hedgehog was presented for a non healing crusty proliferation on the left pinna. The lesion failed to respond to topical therapy and systemic antibiotic therapy. Whole body radiography and abdominal ultrasonograpy were within normal limits. The lesion was surgically removed. The patient recovered well from the procedure and remained in remission for nine months whe...

*Correspondence: Rocío Mourelle, Department of Allergy and Immunology, Clínica de Asma y Alergia Dres Ojeda, Madrid, Spain, Tel: 915623262; E-mail: [email protected] Received Date: 12 Jun 2017 Accepted Date: 02 Aug 2017 Published Date: 08 Aug 2017 Citation: Rubio G, Mourelle R, Pineda F, Ojeda I, Yago A, Ojeda P. Asthma Caused by African Hedgehog: A Report of Two Cases. Ann Clin Ca...

The African hedgehog is one of the newly imported exotic pets which have been observed with increasing regularity in veterinary clinics in Costa Rica. Despite their popularity, information about their diseases is scarce. Within skin diseases of hedgehogs, mange caused by Caparinia spp. is a common diagnosis in other countries. Two adult African hedgehogs, one male and one female, were brought t...

Gardhouse, S. 32 INTRODUCTION The African Pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) is a member of the family Erinaceidae, order Insectivora (1). African hedgehogs are native to the savannah and steppe regions of central and eastern Africa (1). In the wild, African hedgehogs are nocturnal and spend the daytime in burrows (1). They are insectivores and their diet consists mainly of invertebrate pred...

Gardhouse, S. 32 INTRODUCTION The African Pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) is a member of the family Erinaceidae, order Insectivora (1). African hedgehogs are native to the savannah and steppe regions of central and eastern Africa (1). In the wild, African hedgehogs are nocturnal and spend the daytime in burrows (1). They are insectivores and their diet consists mainly of invertebrate pred...

Sutherlandia frutescens (L) R. Br. (Sutherlandia) is a South African botanical that is traditionally used to treat a variety of health conditions, infections and diseases, including cancer. We hypothesized Sutherlandia might act through Gli/ Hedgehog (Hh)-signaling in prostate cancer cells and used RNA-Seq transcription profiling to profile gene expression in TRAMPC2 murine prostate cancer cell...

background: ixodid ticks (acari: i̇xodidae) and fleas (siphonaptera) are the major vectors of pathogens threatening animals and human healths. the aim of our study was to detect the infestation rates of east hedgehogs ( erinaceus concolor ) with ticks and fleas in van province, eastern region of turkey. methods: we examined fleas and ticks infestation patterns in 21 hedgehogs, collected from thr...

from april 2009 to december 2011, 44 dead hedgehogs (erinaceus europaeus) were collected incidentally from areas of urmia, iran. the overall prevalence of helminth infections was 95.0%. specific parasites and their prevalences were: physalopteraclausa(93.0%), crenosoma striatum (61.0%), capillariaaerophila(9.0%), capillariasspp.(4.0%), brachylaemuserinacei(2.0%) and hymenolepiserinacei(16.0%). ...