M of JAPI readers are familiar with the c l inical features and have witnessed the pathetic outcome despite best attempts at treatment. This is because the patients have not received early PEP & arrive at the hospital once the full blown symptoms have set in. Dog vaccination programs have decreased the risk of rabies in a number of regions in the world. In 2010, an estimated 26,000 died of rabi...

52 β- thalassemia major patients were studied. their ages ranged from two to 20 years. the group consisted of 22 girls and 30 boys. candida intracellular killing and nbt (nitroblue tetrazolium) tests were performed on the peripheral blood neutrophils of these patients. average results of the intracellular killing test was within normal range for the patients, but showed an appreciable decrease ...

  This study was performed to determine the prevalence of Canine parvovirus (CPV) in dogs referred to Veterinary Hospital of Ahvaz, Khouzestan province, Iran. Fecal samples were collected from 78 diarrheic dogs between 2005 and 2007. The dogs were divided into two age groups (< 6 months and > 6 months), four different breeds (Terriers, Germanshepherds, Doberman pinschers and Mixed) and another ...

Abstract Tibetan pastoralists have long been using dogs as guards. Since the late 1980s, same dogs, called “Tibetan Mastiffs,” become valuable pets for Han Chinese consumers. This paper discusses how commodification transforms value of these and care relationship between humans dogs. participate in a reciprocal yet distanced through raising guarding, which is not confined to pursuit dogs’ feroc...

background: this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in meshkin-shahr district as endemic areas of human visceral leishmaniasis (hvl) for presenting control program of hvl to health authorities.  methods: a seroepidemiological study to determine seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) among owner­ship dogs using direct agglutination tests (...