The most common bacterial diseases in pond-raised channel cat¢sh Ictalurus punctatus (Ra¢nesque) are enteric septicemia of cat¢sh and columnaris, caused by Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium columnare respectively. Medicated feed containing antibiotics is one management approach that cat¢sh producers use in the treatment of bacterial diseases. However, the future use of all types of medic...

The most important infectious diseases affecting cats are feline panleukopenia, feline viral respiratory diseases, feline infectious peritonitis, and the feline leukemia virus disease complex. Other infectious diseases affect cats, but do not occur as frequently. Feline Panleukopenia also is variously termed feline infectious enteritis, or cat distemper. It is caused by a parvovirus (DNA virus)...

The structure and function of the four cationic amino acid transporters identified in animal cells are discussed. The systems differ in specificity, cation dependence, and physiological role. One of them, system y+, is selective for cationic amino acids, whereas the others (B[0,+], b[0,+], and y+ L) also accept neutral amino acids. In recent years, cDNA clones related to these activities have b...

BACKGROUND Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in angiogenesis in endothelial cells (ECs) in vitro and neovascularization in vivo. However, little is known about the role of endogenous vascular hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in postnatal neovascularization. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We used Tie2-driven endothelial specific catalase transgenic mice (Cat-Tg mice) and hindlimb is...

Results Among 960 cases fulfilled the definition. 828 (86%) were diagnosed as having diseases of known causes. 190 (23%) were infectious diseases (acute focal bacterial nephritis 31, cat-scratch disease 23, urinary tract infection 20, osteomyelitis 9 and tuberculosis 8), 447 (54%) were rheumatic diseases (JIA 221, vasculitis syndrome 39, inflammatory bowel diseases 34, SLE 25, and MCTD 12), 67 ...

Oxidative stress is significant in numerous types of disease including cancer. To protect cells and organs against reactive oxygen species (ROS), the body has evolved an antioxidant protection system that involved in the detoxification of ROS. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of anti-oxidative enzymes may dramatically change the activity of the encoded proteins; therefore, certain alleles ...

Bu çalışmada Kocaeli ilinde kliniklere getirilen kedi ve köpeklerde görülen kulak hastalıklarının prevelansının belirlenmesi amaçlandı. amaçla kliniğe 112 köpeğin genel muayenesi gerçekleştirilmiş otoskopla kanalı zarı incelenmiştir. Ayrıca radyografik görüntüleme yöntemleri (röntgen), mikrobiyolojik histopatolojik muayeneler yapılmıştır. Hastalıklar teşhis edildikten sonra kaydedilmiş hastalık...

Reports indicate that one of the causes of harmful to the genital system, especially the testes is stress. Result of damage to testicular quality certainly will affect the quality of sperm fertility. Stress could be created secondarily after some pathological conditions such as neurological diseases or environmental factors. One of the causes of stress could be scary voices, such as cat voice f...

Cataract is multi-factorial eye disease identified by the disturbance of the transparent ocular lens. There is significant evidence suggesting oxidative damage as a major cause of initiation and progression of numerous diseases including cataracts. NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1; OMIM: 125860) and catalase (CAT, OMIM: 115500) are antioxidant enzymes that prevent cells from oxidative str...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in the progression of inflammatory diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Meanwhile, several studies suggested the protective role of ROS in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, and it was recently reported that dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis was attenuated in mice with an elevated level of ROS due to deficiency o...