BACKGROUND Systemic aspergillosis is a manifestation of Aspergillus sp. infection that can result in central nervous system (CNS) involvement with marked alterations in CNS function. Information regarding the clinical presentation and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in cases of aspergillosis with CNS involvement is lacking, resulting in a need for better understanding of this disease....

Abstract: The presence of dogs has been identified as a risk factor for human Leptospirosis. The aim of this study was the survey of the current state of leptospiral infection in dogs in Ahvaz. Sera from 100 rural dogs of villages around Ahvaz and 49 urban dogs referred to veterinary hospital of shahid Chamran University were detected for antibodies against serovars canicola, icterohaemorrhagia...

This study was carried out to determine the body measurements of Turkish Kangal (Karabash) Shepherd Dogs raised in Belgium, France, Germany and Slovenia comparing them with certain other breeds from different countries. To this end, a total of 39 (18 male and 21 female) dogs were analyzed with the Minitab 15 statistical software program using ANOVA and Student’s T-Test. Descriptive statistics w...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine whether abnormal ventricular repolarization is implicated in cardiac arrhythmias of German shepherd dogs with inherited sudden death. BACKGROUND Moïse et al. (9) have identified German shepherd dogs that display pause-dependent lethal ventricular arrhythmias. METHODS Ventricular repolarization was studied both in vivo using electrocardiogram recordi...

Mastocytoma is one of the most common skin tumours in dogs. It characterised by a specific course, unpredictable behaviour, and prognosis. This tumour dangerous because it mimics external signs other neoplasms, from less-threatening lipoma to cancer. The purpose study conduct pathomorphological verification classification neoplasia dogs diagnosed during clinical examination establish features m...

· Growth hormone (GH), which is essential for growth · Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which regulates thyroid function · Prolactin (PRL), which is essential for lactation · Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing hormone (LH), which are essential for ovulation in female animals and sperm production in male animals · Adrenocorticotroph hormone (ACTH), which stimulates the adrenal ...

Breeding practices were analysed for 32 registered dog breeds representing very small registries (120 Central Asian shepherd dogs) through to very large registries (252,521 German shepherd dogs) in Australia. The vast majority (91%) of registered kennels in Australia that were sampled did not regularly employ either close breeding or popular sire usage in their kennels and the weighted mean inb...

BACKGROUND Patella alta and patella baja are important conditions underlying a predisposition to many joint diseases, including patellar luxation and patellar chondromalacia of the articular cartilage. The frequencies of patella alta and patella baja have not yet been determined. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of patella alta and to determine reference values to th...