The present study aimed to determine the effects of ovariohysterectomy on blood serum concentrations of Heat Shock Protein (HSP) 70 and anti-HSP70 antibodies in dogs. For this purpose, 87 female stray dogs were used as the materials. Ten milliliters of blood was taken from the animals preoperatively and on the first day postoperatively. The concentration of extracellular HSP70 and anti-HSP70 an...

To the Editor: Onchocerca lupi (Spirurida, Onchocercidae) is a nematode that infects the ocular tissues of dogs and humans. This filarioid remained almost unknown until recently, when it was reported in dogs from Europe and North America (1–3). O. lupi was also detected in 2 cats from the United States (4), which suggests that not only canids but also felids are suitable hosts for this little-k...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Adequate surveillance and monitoring of dog bite incidents are veritable tools in the determination of the epidemiology of human rabies infections. There is a paucity of data with regards to rabies in Nigeria. Hence, this study was aimed at describing the pattern and outcomes of dog bites and rabies infections among patients presenting to University of Nigeria Teaching Hos...

Rabies remains a continuous threat to public health in Beijing. In this study, a total of 224 brain tissues were collected from suspected infected stray dogs within Beijing between January 2015 and December 2016. Among them, total of 67 samples were diagnosed positive for rabies. In the phylogenetic analysis, rabies in Beijing is currently a relatively independent public health issue originatin...

Toxocara canis is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal parasites dogs and other canids worldwide. The closeness shared between humans their companion animals (dogs) exposes to high risk T. eggs, which leads Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) Ocular Larval (OLM). This cross-sectional study was design determine prevalence intensity eggs on hair in Saki town, Oyo State.  Six hundred twenty se...

The presence of stray animals in megacities or small settlements is the result human activity. Stray dogs are direct contact with representatives wild fauna, influencing occurrence and spread various epizootics epidemics. animals, as a part society, can serve biological model for understanding influence environment on body. We conducted sectional study 32 aged from 2 years to 10 older. As resul...

INTRODUCTION Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, the primary hosts of which are wild, synanthropic, and household animals. Humans behave as terminal and accidental hosts. The prevalence of leptospirosis depends on carrier animals that disseminate the agent, on the environmental survival of this agent, and on the contact of susceptible individuals. Each serovar has one or more hosts with differ...

Coprological examination was used to determine the prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites of stray dogs impounded by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Durban and Coast, South Africa. Helminth and protozoan parasites were found in faeces of 240 dogs with an overall prevalence of 82.5% (helminth parasites 93.1% and protozoan parasites 6.9%). The followin...

This study investigated the baseline level of faecal corticosterone in dogs relinquished to a shelter and compared changes in it caused by social events that dogs experienced. Faecal corticosterone was measured to assess the average stress levels of dogs that depend on the actual conditions of the shelter. One category of subject animals was dogs relinquished by their owner or stray dogs who we...