Cat is one of mankind's closest friends. Since cats have been domesticated by humans, they tend to be more and more, gradually become family pets around the world. They are also friends humans sustenance human emotions. Cats lovely appearance flexible body. Generally speaking, domestic ( Felis catus ) characteristics being docile, lively, irritable but clingy; while wild silvestris always ...

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...

The ‘buzz’ in society around insects has resulted the appearance of insect-based pet food products on market and more are under development. This contribution aimed to provide background information foods sector an overview current state knowledge regarding naturalness, palatability, nutritional quality, health effects, sustainability as feed for dogs cats. In contrast dogs, natural diets cats ...

Toxocara canis and cati are known as common roundworm in dogs cats, respectively. The objective of the current study was to determine molecular prevalence risk factors associated with T. infections stray respectively, Bangkok, Thailand. In total, 1000 fecal samples (from 500 cats) were collected from cats residing Bangkok temples. DNA extracted screened for using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan parasite that infects human and almost all warm-blooded animals. the life cycle of the parasite includes an asexual reproduction in intermediate hosts (mammals and birds) and a sexual reproduction in definitive hosts (felidae). cats are both the intermediate and the definitive host for t. gondii. the aim of this study was to investigate anti-t. gondii antibo...

Abstract This chapter discusses the Stichting Amsterdamse Zwerfkatten (Amsterdam Stray Cat Foundation, afterwards SAZ), who work with and for stray cats. In their practices views they challenge common assumptions about cat subjectivity agency, cats’ right to a habitat social relations, as well idea that there is strict difference between cats humans. Their approach offers an alternative way of ...

materials and methods random sampling was carried out from january to may 2012. one hundred and forty fecal samples from stray cats were examined using sucrose flotation method. results gastrointestinal parasites were found in 121 of the 140 (86.4%) examined samples. the parasites detected in stray cats were toxocara spp. (45%, 63/140), isospora spp. (21.4%, 30/140), nematode larvae (21.4%, 30/...

leishmaniasis is an important and common zoonotic disease with a great impact on public health. in the present study, a total of 195 companion cats of different ages were examined for serum antibody detection against leishmania infantum by immunochromatography assay. the cats were selected from those referring to veterinary hospital of ahvaz university, south west of iran from may 2009 to march...

the aim of the present study was to determine the presence of helicobacter species in different parts of gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary system and pancreas of stray cats. six different sites at the level of genus, gastric (h. heilmannii and h. felis) and enterohepatic species of helicobacter were investigated in six cats using species-specific primers by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). ...

feline herpesvirus 1 (fehv-1) and feline calicivirus (fcv), associated with upper respiratory tract disease, are highly prevalent in cats worldwide. with the aim of investigating the importance of fehv-1 in a population of cats, samples were taken in a hospital in ahvaz, south-west iran, between june 2007 and june 2008. oropharyngeal, nasal and ocular swabs were collected from 65 domestic cats,...