background : cats play a crucial role in the epidemiology of gastrointestinal helminthic parasites and also play a major role in transmitting of these parasites through faecal contamination of soil, food or water. the aim of this study was to determine the species of gastrointestinal helminthes parasites in stray cats from a rural area of bandar-e-anzali, iran. method: gastrointestinal helminth...

pregnancy prevention raises much concern to many pet owners. female cats usually show undesirable behaviour during oestrus. nowadays, researchers try to explore the reliable and effective ways to prevent oestrus signs in queens. the results of their studies prove that hormone therapy is probably one of the most reliable methods for this purpose. the aim of our study was to compare the effect of...

we aimed to investigate the efficacy of coping cat protocol on coping strategies of girls and boys with internalized disorders. a true experimental method in the form of pre-test and post-test. the study population consisted of all children with internalized disorders in tehran. the sample consisted of 80 children aged 9 to 11 years (40 boys and 40girls) with internalized disorders were based o...

the aim of this study was to determine whether anesthesia consisting of sedation induced by intramuscular administration of xylazine-diazepam and lumbosacral analgesia induced by epidural administration of lidocaine and xylazine is satisfactory for castration and ovariohysterectomy in cats. six adult (3 male and 3 female, 2.5 ± 0.5 years of age) cats (mean body weight ± sd, 2.2 ± 0.44 kg) were ...

in the present report, diagnosis and treatment of a case with follicular ovarian cysts in a 5-year-old persian queen cat is described. in response to palpation of spines, the queen cat presented herself in lordosis and danced up and down with her rear legs. trans-abdominal ultrasonography examination showed 2 cysts  in the left ovary of the queen. serum estrogen assay indicated elevated level o...

the length and structure of the transitional zone in the tunica media in the renal artery of adult male cats were investigated. in addition, the volume of the lumen and different layers in transitional and nontransitional zones in the right and left sides were also determined. morphometrical, histological and stereological studies were performed on 16 renal arteries of 8 adult male cats. after ...

Novel antibiotics are needed to overcome the challenge of continually evolving bacterial resistance. This has led to a renewed interest in mechanistic studies of once popular antibiotics like chloramphenicol (CAM). Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases (CATs) are enzymes that covalently modify CAM, rendering it inactive against its target, the ribosome, and thereby causing resistance to CAM. Of th...