Canine Piroplasmosis. II

Notes on the Treatment of Canine Piroplasmosis with Trypan-blue

Piroplasmosis

a full account, I shall write in some detail on its discovery, history, aetiology and symptoms; bringing the information up to date of writing this report (22nd February 1904). I had noticed many cases of chronic irregular pyrexia, with enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver, bronchitis, oedema of the feet subcutaneous haemorrhages chiefly 0f the petechial type, diarrhoea of a ...

Equine piroplasmosis.

Equine piroplasmosis, caused by the parasites Theileria equi and Babesia caballi, is a globally important disease, affecting a large percentage of the world's horses. This article serves as a review of these divergent parasites. Discussed are the clinical presentation of disease, diagnosis, and treatment. Special attention is given to the current disease status specifically in North America.

Control of equine piroplasmosis in Brazil.

The importance of equine piroplasmosis control in endemic countries has increased in recent years and plays an important role to maintain the international market open to the horse industry. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the occurrence of equine piroplasmosis (Babesia equi or Theileria equi and Babesia caballi) in Brazil--a country where the disease occurs endemically--in differe...

Canine and Feline Urolithiasis II

Feline Urate Urolithiasis After CaOx and struvite containing uroliths, urate uroliths appear to be the third most common mineral type submitted to our laboratory from cats. Although fluctuations in the percentage of struvite and CaOx containing uroliths have occurred over the past 25 years, the same does not appear to be true of urate uroliths. Therefore, it appears that whatever changes occurr...