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Why some canine and feline blood donors do not make the cut: A cohort study
Veterinary Record, Volume 193, Issue 2, 22/29 July 2023., 2023 Abstract Background While there has been extensive investigation into the selection and retention of human blood donors, veterinary research in this area is limited. This study aimed to identify the reasons for the rejection and withdrawal of canine and feline blood donors from a blood donation programme.
Marjanne Descamps, Karen Humm
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Endoparasites of household and shelter cats in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 Endoparasitic infections are associated with morbidity in cats. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of endoparasites among cats of different life stages in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nilcéia de Veiga Ramos +4 more
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A survey of gastrointestinal parasites in dogs illegally entering the UK (2015–2017)
Veterinary Record Open, Volume 10, Issue 1, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Background This study involving non‐compliant, seized dogs entering the UK surveyed endoparasites detected in faecal samples. A focus was placed on taeniid infection as the detection of these tapeworms acts as a marker for failure of effective tapeworm treatment.
Margaret A. Fisher +5 more
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Acute phase reactants in nondomesticated mammals—A veterinary clinical pathology perspective
Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Volume 52, Issue S1, Page 19-36, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Applications for acute phase reactants (APRs) in nondomesticated mammals include identifying inflammatory disease, monitoring the course of specific disease processes and recovery during rehabilitation, detecting preclinical or subclinical disease, being used as bioindicators for monitoring population and ecosystem health, and as markers of ...
Emma H. Hooijberg, Carolyn Cray
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Release of lungworm larvae from snails in the environment: potential for alternative transmission pathways. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Gastropod-borne parasites may cause debilitating clinical conditions in animals and humans following the consumption of infected intermediate or paratenic hosts.
Alessio Giannelli +10 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page e3141-e3153, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Metastrongyloid and trichuroid cardiorespiratory nematodes of dogs and cats are considered emergent in several European countries, and an increase in the number and extent of endemic foci has been described. Since data on their prevalence are limited in this continent, faecal samples from new arrivals (365 dogs and 65 cats) at two animal ...
Susana Remesar +10 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The feline lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus affects the lower respiratory tract in cats worldwide. As infections may lead to chronic respiratory changes or even death, preventive treatment in cats with outdoor access is warranted.
Katharina Raue +8 more
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First Report of a Troglostrongylus brevior Case in a Domestic Cat in Turkey
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2020 Parasitic bronchopneumonia plays an important role, especially in the respiratory diseases of cats. Troglostrongylus species have been reported as lung parasites of wild cats; however, in recent years, they have also been found in domestic cats ...
Şinasi Umur +3 more
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Expression of CXCR4 on feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells: effect of feline immunodeficiency virus infection. [PDF]
, 2003 CXCR4 expression on feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) was analyzed. While monocytes and B lymphocytes expressed CXCR4, no CXCR4 was detected on T lymphocytes, in stark contrast to the expression pattern on T lymphocytes from humans.
Hosie, M.J., Willett, B.J., Cannon, C.A.
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Upregulation of surface feline CXCR4 expression following ectopic expression of CCR5: implications for studies of the cell tropism of feline immunodeficiency virus [PDF]
, 2002 Feline CXCR4 and CCR5 were expressed in feline cells as fusion proteins with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). Expression of the EGFP fusion proteins was localized to the cell membrane, and surface expression of CXCR4 was confirmed by using a ...
Hosie, M.J., Willett, B.J., Cannon, C.A.
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