aims: in this study, we examined stool specimen from a 3-year-old domesticated dog, which was referred to a veterinary clinic with clinical signs such as nausea or vomiting, dysentery, cachexia and rash in mashhad city, northeast of iran. patient & methods: a 3-year-old pet dog was referred to veterinary clinic of mashhad in february 2016 by symptoms including, nausea or vomiting, dysentery, ca...

This article is a biopsychosocial proposal about improvement of resilience to diseases, including the COVID-19, due affective attachment between humans and dogs. Resilience concerns physical emotional human capacity respond positively adverse events such as diseases. Recently, some authors have proposed independent hypotheses role oxytocin (OT) crossed immunity increase psychological immune res...

Among the dog parasite, there are several common species to human parasites , such as gnathostome, trematodes, some cestodes, etc.. The prevalence of such dog parasites has the important meanings for the incidence of human parasites too. Some larval forms of dog parasites, such as dog ascaris or dog hook worm , according to Beaver ( 1956) et al., enter man , causing some serious diseases of lar...

The dog genome organization was extensively studied in the last ten years. The most important achievements are the well-developed marker genome maps, including over 3200 marker loci, and a survey of the DNA genome sequence. This knowledge, along with the most advanced map of the human genome, turned out to be very useful in comparative genomic studies. On the one hand, it has promoted the devel...

AIM The present study was undertaken to understand the zoonotic importance of canine scabies and dermatophytosis with special reference to the knowledge level of dog owners in urban areas of Gujarat. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out in randomly selected 120 dog owners of 3 urban cities (viz., Ahmedabad, Anand and Vadodara) of Gujarat state, India. Dog owners (i.e., respondents)...