pregnancy prevention raises much concern to many pet owners. female cats usually show undesirable behaviour during oestrus. nowadays, researchers try to explore the reliable and effective ways to prevent oestrus signs in queens. the results of their studies prove that hormone therapy is probably one of the most reliable methods for this purpose. the aim of our study was to compare the effect of...

Toxoplasma gondii infects all species of warm-blooded animals, including humans, and domestic cats and other felidae are its definitive hosts. The aim of the present survey was to compare serological and molecular tests in accurate diagnosis of T. gondii infection among stray cats in Ahvaz, Iran. A total of 100 cats were examined for the detection of serum antibodies against T. gondii (chronic ...

BACKGROUND: Urinary oxalate and citrate are the keyfactors in caox urolithiasis of cats and Gamma GlutamylTransferase is a good test for assessment of kidney damage.Favorable effects of Cynodon dactylon on calcium oxalate stoneformation have recently been proved in rats. OBJECTIVES: Thepresent study was designed to investigate the alteration ofurinary oxalate, citrate, and GGT after administrat...

heartworm disease is caused by dirofilaria immitis in dogs and cats. dirofilariasis is clinically considered very important, because of its severe and life threatening disease in case of even light infection. cats are infected much less commonly, even in areas which present heavily infected dogs. after clinical examination blood samples were collected from 120 companion and stray adult cats in ...

The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of FIV in stray cat's population of Ahvaz different area. Serum samples were collected from 90 cats from 2005 to 2007. The studied cats were divided into two age groups (3 years) and based on clinical signs (such as lymphadenopathy, periodontal diseases, gingivitis, abscess and cashecsi) into two groups also. The results were analyzed ...

To improve our understanding of Helicobacter  infection in cats and to determine whether they are reservoirs for H. pylori  and sources of zoonotic transmission to humans, we selected cats as an experimental animal model for gastric colonization by H. pylori. Sixteen stray cats underwent Helicobacter  eradication treatment followed by three consecutive oral inoculations of a cocktail of human H...

Background and aims: Cats carry a lot of zoonotic parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) which causes toxoplasmosis in warm-blooded animals. Toxoplasmosis includes wide range of symptoms in its intermediate and definitive hosts but the worst symptoms have been seen in pregnant women and also on immunocompromised hosts. Considering the importance of the fact that cats are as the only de...

Objective- Vomiting frequently is reported after xylazine administration in cats. This study evaluates prophylactic antiemetic efficacy of ondansetron in cats sedated with xylazine HCl. Design- Experimental study. Animals- Six healthy adult cats from both genders were selected for the study. Interventions- Intramuscular injection of normal saline was administered an hour before intr...

the present study was carried out for the antigen detection of feline panleukopenia virus (fpv) in diarrhoeic cats referred to the veterinary clinic of the school of ahvaz university, in southwest iran. faecal samples were collected from 67 diarrhoeic household cats during 2005 to 2007. according to the age and clinical signs, the cats were divided into two groups; 6 months, hemorrhagic and ...