Epidemiological studies on bovine diseases.

Epidemiological Studies of Risk Factors for Bovine Mastitis

Epidemiological studies of cerebrovascular diseases and carotid atherosclerosis in Taiwan.

Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) or stroke has been always one of the first three leading causes of death in the past four decades in Taiwan. CVD is also the most important cause of disability in the elderly. For decreasing case-fatality of stroke, modest alterations of age-specific stroke incidences, and an ageing population, CVD will still prevail in the future decades in Taiwan. There have been...

Clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic studies on bovine tropical theileriosis in Faisalabad, Pakistan

While screening of selected herds of cattle (each having minimum 15 animals), 28 animals were found positive for tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata) from a total of 260. The overall bi-monthly incidence rate was 10.8% from April-July, 2011 in Faisalabad. 89.3% and 10.71% in females and males respectively. To check breed wise prevalence, 4 out of all 28 positive animals were of Red Sindhi...

Clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic studies on Bovine Papillomatosis in Northern Oases, Egypt in 2008

Bovine papillomatosis is a viral disease of cattle characterized clinically by development of multiple benign tumours termed warts. The diagnosis of bovine papillomatosis was confirmed by clinical and pathological examinations of the warts. The prevalence of bovine papillomatosis in Northern Oases was recorded as 4.86%. The prevalence was higher in the females (2.99%) than males (1.87%).The pre...

Review of epidemiological studies on drinking water hardness and cardiovascular diseases.

BACKGROUND Major risk factors do not entirely explain the worldwide variability of morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. Environmental exposures, including drinking water minerals may affect cardiovascular disease risks. METHOD We conducted a qualitative review of the epidemiological studies of cardiovascular disease and drinking water hardness and calcium and magnesium level...