We present a clinical overview of a dog with acute onset of Hepatozoon canis infection. A stray female beagle dog of unknown age was referred to Kagoshima University showing anemia. Blood tests revealed the presence of anemia, thrombocytopenia, hyperproteinemia, polyclonal gammopathy, hypoalbuminemia, and elevated creatine kinase and alkaline phosphatase activities. In addition, capsule-like or...

Ehrlichia spp. is tick-borne zoonotic pathogen that can infect humans and animals. Nowadays, among the tests used in diagnosis of ehrlichiosis, importance molecular methods increasing steadily due to their high sensitivity specificity. The aim this study was determine analytical a conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting disulfide oxidoreductase (DSB) gene. DSB gene cloned into TO...

BACKGROUND Rabies is a serious reemerging zoonosis in China. At present human rabies cases are primarily diagnosed based on clinical presentation. CASE PRESENTATION In August 2012, a woman and her son were attacked by a stray dog in Henan, China. The son received rabies postexposure prophylaxis (wound treatment followed by vaccine, no immunoglobulin), however, the mother did not. Rabies infec...

BACKGROUND In dogs, the gastric Helicobacter spp. have been well studied, but there is little information regarding the other parts of the alimentary system. The incidence of Helicobacter spp. infection in dogs is largely unknown and to our knowledge there are no data about their potential pathogenic role. In light of these considerations, the aims of this study were (i) to assess the prevalenc...

The prevalence of different neighborhood environmental stressors and associations between the stressors and self-rated health are described in a representative sample of 2,077 individuals, aged 18-85 years, in southern Sri Lanka. Mosquito menace (69.4%), stray dog problems (26.8%), nuisance from neighbors (20.3%), and nuisance from drug users (18.7%) were found to be the most prevalent environm...

The original cause for the development of stray dog populations is to be located in peoples’ households. Bitches are neither spayed nor sufficiently isolated from males when in heat. Therefore, bitches as a rule whelp several times during their lifespan. For the whelps, frequently no new owner is found. The sad reality is that frequently one of the whelps, often a male, is kept to avoid botheri...

A CASE of rabies has been confirmed in a seven-month-old dog in the Loire, Rhone-Alpes region of France. The dog was reported to have bitten several people and another dog before it was presented to a veterinarian. Reporting the case to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on May 22, Loic Evain, France’s chief veterinary officer, said that the diagnosis had been confirmed by the Paste...