b a ckground: a two year seroepidemiological study was designed to find out the seroprevalence and risk factors ofcanine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) among stray and owned dogs in tehran and alborz provinces of iran. me t hods: blood samples of  602 dogs living in  11  counties of  tehran and  alborz  provinces were  taken by venipuncture in 2008–2010. after separation of blood sera, anti-leish...

b ackground: we tried to investigate the hair contamination of pet dogs and farm sheepdog with toxocara eggs in terms of the different sex and age groups in north-west of iran (urmia and its sub- urbs). m ethods: hair samples were collected from a total of 138 pet and farm sheepdogs from november 2008 to june 2009 in urmia city and the suburb (west azerbaijan-iran) and examined for the pres- en...

heartworm disease is caused by dirofilaria immitis in dogs and cats. dirofilariasis is clinically considered very important, because of its severe and life threatening disease in case of even light infection. cats are infected much less commonly, even in areas which present heavily infected dogs. after clinical examination blood samples were collected from 120 companion and stray adult cats in ...

background: to find out different species of helminthes and blood/tissue pro-tozoan parasites of stray dogs and their potential role for transmission of zoonotic species to human in mashhad, khorasan razavi province, northeast iran, during 2008-2009. methods: totally, 100 stray dogs were selected among mashhad municipal collec-tion from different sites of the city. internal organs were examined...

background and objectives : bartonella species are being recognized as increasingly important bacterial pathogens in veterinary and human medicine. these organisms can be transmitted by an arthropod vector or alternatively by animal scratches or bites. the objectives of this study were to identify contamination of cat's saliva and nail with b. henselae as a causative role to infect human in a s...

BACKGROUND The aim of present study was to determine the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) among stray and owned dogs in Kouhsar district of Alborz Province, central Iran. METHODS The study was performed from March 2011 to July 2011 using Direct Agglutination Test (DAT). Three hundred and thirty seven dogs including 257 stary and 80 owned dogs were selected by random sampl...

BACKGROUND Rabies is a preventable zoonosis with the highest case fatality of any disease in the world. In the developing world, it is transmitted mainly by dog bites. In parts of southern Nigeria, dog meat is a delicacy. OBJECTIVE To highlight trade in stray dogs as a major risk factor for rabies in animals and humans in south-south Nigeria. METHOD Patients admitted into the University of ...

Canine parvovirus type-2 (CPV-2) is one of the major diarrhea-causing agents, inducing acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis in puppies. In this study, we conducted a seroepidemiological survey of CPV-2a in stray dogs in South Korea. In total, 405 canine sera, collected between 2006 and 2007, were screened for the presence of antibodies against CPV-2a using a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay....