ABSTRACT: Shelter environment stress factors are related to FHV-1 viral reactivation. However, comparisons between conjunctival viral load and environmental factors have not been commonly evaluated. The aim of this study was to correlate FHV-1 viral load in domestic cats with and without clinical signs of conjunctivitis to shelter design in order to use FHV-1 viral load as a parameter of “health management”. Ca...
RESUMO: Talassemias e hemoglobinopatias são condições hereditárias encontradas em humanos de todo o mundo. Em medicina veterinária, o polimorfismo de hemoglobinas tem sido estudado em animais de produção, mas não existem relatos de hemoglobinopatias em cães, e os estudos envolvendo o polimorfismo de hemoglobinas nesta espécie são escassos. Com o objetivo de pesquisar variantes da hemoglobina em cães, foram cole...
Sea turtles are threatened to the point of extinction. The major goal of rehabilitating sick individuals is to eventually reintroduce them back into their habitat. In this way, they contribute to species preservation, as well as maintaining equilibrium of the ecosystems. Biochemical analysis is a commonly used test to detect illness and evaluate the general health of the animals. However, the data in the litera...
The aim of this work was to study the clinical disorders and risk factors of canine ehrlichiosis in Ilhéus and Itabuna, Bahia, and compare different diagnostic methods. Blood samples were collected from 200 dogs. Each dog was clinically examined. A questionnaire was used to evaluate the risk factors. The blood samples were analyzed using the Dot-ELISA test; hematometry, platelet counts and searches for morulae ...