ABSTRACT: Acinetobacter spp. is emerging as an important human and veterinary pathogen, mostly due to intrinsic acquired resistance antimicrobials. Despite its public health relevance, little known about the prevalence, role of different species antimicrobial profile animal-origin isolates. Traditional phenotypic tests may fail discriminate species, therefore molecular analyses are often requir...

K 0 v a§ l: G., P. Mud r 0 Ii, M. Mar tin l: e k: Utilization of the Glutaraldehyde Coagulation Test in Cattle. Acta vet. Brno, 56, 1987: 275-280. Detection of inflammatory processes in adult cattle and detection of early and sufficient colostrum intake in newborn calves was carried out by means of the glutaraldehyde coagulation test. From a total of 368 ~lood-sampled dairy cows 108 showed a po...

The infection with Malassezia pachydermatis was diagnosed in 73 different dog breeds: West Highland White Terrier (12/73), crossbreed (7/73), German Shepherd (6/73), Shar Pei (5/73), Labrador Retriever (4/73), Bichon (4/73), Caniche (4/73), German Shorthaired Pointer (3/73), Bulldog (3/73), Mops (3/73), American Staffordshire Terrier (2/73), Beagle (2/73), Boxer (2/73), Spaniel Cocker (2/73), G...

The objective of this study was to detect QTL associated with the incidence of multiple pathogenic diseases in offspring from half-sib bovine families. Four F(1) sires were used to produce offspring: Brahman x Hereford (BH; n = 547), Piedmontese x Angus (PA; n = 209), Brahman x Angus (n = 176), and Belgian Blue x MARC III (n = 246). Treatment records for bovine respiratory disease, infectious k...

An estimated 1,170 white (Ceratotherium simum), black (Diceros bicornis), greater one-horned (Rhinoceros unicornis), and Sumatran (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) rhinoceroses are kept in captivity worldwide, where they are a popular public attraction and serve important roles in education and conservation. Rhinoceroses in captivity are reportedly affected by a variety of foot conditions, including a...

Thermographic imaging is a noninvasive diagnostic tool used to document the inflammatory process in many species and may be useful in the detection of subclinical bumblefoot and other inflammatory diseases. Bumblefoot is a chronic inflammation of the plantar metatarsal or digital pads of the foot (pododermatitis), or both. It is one of the major health problems in birds including chickens and i...

Emergence of Clostridium difficile infection due to a new hypervirulent strain, polymerase chain reaction ribotype 078. et al. Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis for investigation of Clostridium difficile transmission in hospitals. To the Editor: We report a case of Cryptococcus gattii infection in a 12-year-old neutered male cat in Alaska. The cat traveled to Anchorage , Alaska ...

The objective this study was to evaluate the effects of incidence of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and overall incidence of pathogenic diseases (IPD) on carcass traits. Two independent populations were used. The first population included crossbred steers (GPE7; n = 642) derived from sires of 7 Bos taurus breeds: Angus, Charolais, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Limousin, Red Angus, and Simmental. The se...

Intensive selection of broiler breeders in the direction of rapid growth rate and increased final body weight has led to the appearance of a number of metabolic diseases in broilers. The most important among them include sudden death syndrome (SDS) and ascites which are directly associated with cardiovascular and respiratory system failure of rapidly growing birds (KRANEN et al., 1998; IMAEDA, ...