BACKGROUND Hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease of global prevalence. It causes considerable health problems and economic losses throughout the world, including Iran. The objective of this study was to assess the current status of echinococcosis/hydatidosis in the province of Ilam (western Iran). METHODS From April to September 2011, 65 stray dogs were collected from urban and rural areas of Ila...

In this study we consider the frequency of coat color variation among Yakutsk stray dogs. The was carried out at same time in three city districts: Centralniy, Saysarskiy and Stroitelniy. districts differ urban development population density Stroitelniy Districts belong to a one-two-storey residential type building, Centralniy one multi-storey type. 8 types colors were distinguished: black, whi...

In comparison to the other continents where rabies is endemic, the history of rabies in Africa before the 19 th century, is rather fragmentary and largely anecdotal. There are no definite reports to indicate that rabies was present in Zimbabwe before 1902, although Edmonds (as cited by Foggin, 1988 and Swanepoel et al., 1993) reports anecdotal evidence from older members of the population who c...

Dog rabies is still epizootic in most countries of Africa, Asia and South America and in these countries dogs are responsible for most human deaths from the disease. The incubation period in dogs may vary from one week to several months and may be influenced by the site of infection and the virus dose and strain. Diagnosis by clinical signs alone is inadequate since many rabid dogs develop dumb...

Campylobacter jejuni is now world-wide recognized as a zoonotic agent of bacterial diarrhoea in human beings 2 1 2 . Many domestic animals are intestinal carriers of these bacteria and could be a probable source of human in­ fection M, Dogsparticulary puppies, may be responsible for the transmission of Campylo­ bacter to human contacts. Campylobacter iso­ lation rates varies between 6-52.2% dep...

The best way to find buried ordnance (e.g., landmines) is to detect the explosive packaged inside. This expedient would eliminate detection of the ground clutter, such as shrapnel and stray metal fragments, that produce the great number of false positive signals and which slow down detection rates to unacceptable levels. The detection of the explosive is essentially what trained dogs do as they...