the aim of the present study was to compare the effects of hypericin and fluoxetine in the treatment of companion dogs with tail chasing in ahvaz district. in the present survey, eighteen dogs with tail chasing were assigned into three equal groups for a three-year period. the dogs were randomly classified based on different treatment groups. during 15 weeks, dogs of group a were given 0.05 mg ...

in order to determine prevalence of echinoccocus and other intestinal helminths infection one hundred stray dogs were examined in mashhad area, khorasan province of iran. helminths were collected from intestinal contents obtained at the time necropsy. ninety one percent of the dogs were infected by different helminths. the prevalence of echinococcus granulosus was (22%). eighteen (81%) of infec...

the most frequent form of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in dogs is represented, histologically, by lymphoplasmacytic enteritis (lpe), a histological category, often associated with other morphologic alterations including lymphangiectasia (le). however, literature data on this latter topic are quite scarce and have mostly been obtained in single reports or in small series. currently, there ar...

gastrointestinal helminthes in domestic dogs in shiraz and the effect of age, sex, anthihelminth drugs, use of dog (pet or guard) and food on the infection rate were studied in 105 fecal samples.samples were collected directly from the rectum and examined by floatation method. data was analyzed by chi square test and fisher's exact test. no significant differences were found in male and fe...

although the biology and ecology of the arthropod vectors are different, some factors, such as global warming, the increasing abundance of mosquitoes, the movement of domestic hosts, and the abundance of wild reservoirs, can act as favourable factors for the distribution of infections. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dirofilaria immitis infection in shepherd dogs living...

canine brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by brucella canis. this bacterium can be transmitted to humans as well as other dogs. it is a significant cause of reproductive failure, predominantly in kennels. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of brucella canis infection in companion dogs referred to the veterinary hospital of shahid chamran university of ahv...

background : the aims of this study were to determine the seroprevalence of canine ehrlichiosis and risk factors of this disease in companion dogs’ population of mashhad, north east of iran. canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (cme) is a zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks, rhipicephalus sanguineus, and caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, ehrlichia canis. methods : during september 2009 ...

Canine brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Brucella canis. This bacterium can be transmitted to humans as well as other dogs. It is a significant cause of reproductive failure, predominantly in kennels. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Brucella canis infection in companion dogs referred to the Veterinary Hospital of Shahid Chamran University of Ahv...

Backgrounds: Neospora caninum is an Apicomplexan parasite. It causes paralysis and neuromuscular disorders in dogs and abortion in cattle. Although contamination with N. caninum is common in stray dogs, most of the dogs are infected with subclinical neosporosis. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of N. caninum in multiple tissues and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) u...

Dirofilaria immitis is an important filarial nematode in dogs. In this study, age and sex distribution of this zoonotic nematode among dogs were investigated in northwest of Iran in Meshkin-Shahr city. Molecular characteristics of the isolates, based on cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COX1) gene were compared to the isolates from other areas of the world.Blood samples were collected from...