Dental care is an integral part of equine veterinary practice. The objectives of this cross sectional study were to describe the prevalence of dental disorders in an abattoir population of horses, and to compare oral examination of intact and bisected heads. Heads from 40 horses, 19 males and 21 females, were examined and divided into immature, adult or older horses based on dental age. Older h...

Summary For the first time this century, we report tract migration dermatitis provoked by Gasterophilus sp. larvae in horses at a farm Spain where selective parasite control programme has been employed for more than decade. At equine farm, two over 25 years old presented alopecic lesions form of streaks masseteric and maxillary region face. The clinical histological features these animals are d...

The removal of the Microsporidia, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, feline calicivirus and coliphages MS-2, PRD-1, and Fr were evaluated during conventional drinking water treatment in a pilot plant. The treatment consisted of coagulation, sedimentation, and mixed media filtration. Fr coliphage was removed the most (3.21 log), followed by feline calicivirus (3.05 log), E. coli (2.67 log), E. intest...

Giardia intestinalis is an intestinal parasite widely prevalent in children attending daycare centres worldwide and has been associated with undernutrition. Stool samples from 48 Guatemalan children (aged 1.5-7 years) attending participating daycare centres were analyzed over five weeks for presence of Giardia intestinalis using light microscopy, ELISA, and rapid dipstick test. Giardia prevalen...

We have successfully designed a custom genome browser for visualization of the genome of the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis. We describe the use of the genome browser to visualize the conservation between Ciona intestinalis and a related species, Ciona savignyi. Visualizing genomic conservation between these two organisms is important for determining genes and regulatory regions that ...

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare disease. It was first described by Du Vernoy in 1793 during a cadaver dissection. Air-filled bubble-like lesions are located in the submucosa or the subserosa of the digestive tract. A 55-year-old Turkish male presented to the emergency department with complaints of recurrent abdominal pain and vomiting. Free air was detected in abdominal x-ray...

Abstract Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI), ‘gas cysts’ in the wall of bowel, is a rare sign that can be found as result many different conditions, ranging from benign and asymptomatic, to life threatening. Its pathogenesis not yet fully understood, patients have PCI are treated heterogeneous manner. Pneumoperitoneum, however, much more commonly seen by General Surgeons, most often occur...

Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. are microsporidian pathogens with zoonotic potential that pose significant public health concerns. To ascertain the occurrence genotypes of E. spp., we used nested PCR to amplify internal transcribed spacer (ITS) gene DNA sequencing analyze 198 fecal samples from red pandas 6 zoos in China. The total rate microsporidial infection was 15.7% (31/19...