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Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey of Ectoparasites in Sheep from Central Tunisia: Does Low Prevalence Indicate Good Hygiene or Resistance to Ectoparasites?

Animals
Sheep ectoparasites such as chewing lice, fleas and ticks are serious constraints to sheep productivity and are the cause of skin lesions in animals that decrease their market value. This study aims at investigating the ectoparasite fauna infesting small
Khawla Elati, Nesrine Daly, Mokhtar Dhibi, Hela Laaribi, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi   +5 more
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Risk of Spread of Megalocytivirus pagrus1 (Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus) From Frozen Fillets

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV) is a significant threat to global aquatic food security by causing large‐scale mortality in the aquaculture of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi). ISKNV is a genogroup of Megalocytivirus pagrus1, along with RSIV and TRBIV, and their recent listing as WOAH ...
Joy A. Becker, Paul M. Hick, Dorothea Megarani, Hannah Siler, Felipe Pierezan, Shannon N. Gray, Kuttichantran Subramaniam   +6 more
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Bath Treatments With Emamectin Benzoate Control Dactylogyrideans Infecting Colossoma macropomum Gills Without Altering Physiology of This Host Fish

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intensification of fish aquaculture worldwide has led to severe problems of diseases caused by parasitic dactylogyrideans. In this study, the anti‐dactylogyridean efficacy of treating Colossoma macropomum with baths of emamectin benzoate (EMB) was investigated for the first time, along with the effects of this treatment on the haematology and ...
Raimundo Rosemiro de Jesus Baia, Marcela Nunes Videira, Amanda Mendes Pacheco, Eliane Tie Oba Yoshioka, Marcos Tavares‐Dias   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of buprenorphine as optimisation of postoperative analgesia in feral cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy under field conditions

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives The objective of this prospective, randomised, blinded, observational clinical study was to investigate the effect of subcutaneously administered buprenorphine on postoperative pain in female feral cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy as part of a trap‐neuter‐return programme.
V. Heitzmann, A. Diggelmann, E. Goldinger, A. Schiele   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inventaire et quantification des ectoparasites de la Foulque macroule Fulica atra (Gruiformes : Rallidés) dans le nord-est de l’Algérie

Parasite, 2007
L’inventaire quantitatif des ectoparasites a été réalisé pour la première fois chez la Foulque macroule (N = 17), Fulica atra, au niveau du lac Tonga, en Algérie, durant la saison d’hivernage (2004-2005). Les résultats ont montré que les mites (Grallobia
Rouag-Ziane N., Boulahbal A., Gauthier-Clerc M., Thomas F., Chabi Y.   +4 more
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Occasional human infestations by feral pigeons' ectoparasites: Two case reports

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
Dermanyssus infestation is a rural parasitic problem occurs occasionally in urban areas in people with close contact to pigeons. It can be diagnosed through clinical cutaneous symptoms in exposed body parts, nocturnal itching, and presence of mites in ...
Mohammad Akhoundi, Sophie Brun, Anthony Marteau, Jean Debédat, Habib Ben Romdhane, Arezki Izri   +5 more
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Evaluation of safety and efficacy of an ophytrium and seboliance‐containing mousse with or without shampoo in cats with keratinisation disorders

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a protocol involving the application of topical products (DOUXO® S3 SEB Shampoo and Mousse; Ceva Santé Animale) containing ophytrium for managing feline keratinisation disorders. Materials and Methods Nineteen client‐owned cats with a history of keratinisation disorders exhibited greasy or dry ...
C. Noli, H. Dropsy, A. Cozar, X. De Jaeger, R. Kesteman, A. Beck, R. Cristante, M. Debraine, F. Leymarios, A. Puozzo‐Barichard, M. Gatellet   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Characterization of the Cat and Dog Wild‐Type and Mutant MDR1 Carrier Proteins and Frequency of the MDR1 Gene Mutation in 800 Cats From Germany

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ATP‐binding cassette transporter MDR1 P‐glycoprotein (syn. ABCB1) is an efflux carrier at the cell membrane that regulates drug absorption, distribution, and elimination. At the blood–brain barrier, MDR1 restricts brain entry of potentially neurotoxic drugs, such as ivermectin. In dogs and cats, MDR1 (syn.
Lisa Siegl, Mies Bethäuser, Daniela Nürnberger, Stefan Oswald, Andreas Moritz, Melanie Hamann, Joachim Geyer   +6 more
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Denise C. Wawman, Adrian L. Smith, Ben C. Sheldon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faunal and Ecological Analysis of Gamasid Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) Associated with Small Mammals in Yunnan Province, Southwest China

Insects
Gamasid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) are ecologically diverse arthropods, many of which act as vectors for zoonotic diseases such as rickettsial pox and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Peng-Wu Yin, Pei-Ying Peng, Xian-Guo Guo, Wen-Yu Song, Tian-Guang Ren, Ya-Fei Zhao, Wen-Ge Dong, Dao-Chao Jin   +7 more
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