Neuroimaging in Tick Paralysis: Looking Outside the Box [PDF]
Infectious Disease Reports, 2022 Tick paralysis is a rare but potentially deadly form of muscle paralysis caused by a neurotoxin transmitted through the saliva of gravid, engorged female ticks of various species.
Zereen Sarwar +3 more
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Near-term forecasting of companion animal tick paralysis incidence: An iterative ensemble model. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 Tick paralysis resulting from bites from Ixodes holocyclus and I. cornuatus is one of the leading causes of emergency veterinary admissions for companion animals in Australia, often resulting in death if left untreated. Availability of timely information
Nicholas J Clark +3 more
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Positive Airway Cultures in Dogs and Cats Receiving Mechanical Ventilation for Tick Paralysis [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Animals with tick paralysis often require mechanical ventilation (MV) but previous publications have identified knowledge gaps regarding the development of bacterial pneumonia, and the specific pathogens involved.
Suzanne Suk Kwan Tso +4 more
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Apparent tick paralysis in a cat from North America [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2020 Case summary A 2-year-old castrated male domestic longhair cat presented for acute, diffuse, flaccid paralysis. Thoracic and abdominal radiographs, biochemistry panel and complete blood count were unremarkable.
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002 Six children aged 3.3 to 5.5 years (5 girls and 1 boy), of 26 admitted with acute muscle weakness to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, over a 5 year period (1992-97), were diagnosed with tick paralysis.
J Gordon Millichap
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NMR‐based metabolomic investigation of dogs with acute flaccid paralysis due to tick paralysis [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceBackground Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a complex clinical syndrome with various aetiologies. If untreated, AFP may lead to death due to failure of respiratory muscles.
Erdem Gülersoy +4 more
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Tick paralysis induced by Ixodes gibbosus: enigmatic cases in domestic mammals from Cyprus [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceTick paralysis is a potentially fatal condition caused by toxins produced and secreted by tick salivary glands. This survey presents clinical and epidemiological observations of tick paralysis cases in domestic animals in Cyprus.
Anastasia Diakou +6 more
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Mechanical ventilation in dogs and cats with tick paralysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Respiratory failure from tick paralysis (TP) is an important cause of mortality in cats and dogs in Australia, occurring from a combination of respiratory muscle paralysis, upper respiratory tract obstruction and pulmonary disease.
Tess O'Keeffe, Rebekah E. Donaldson
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Presumptive tick paralysis in 2 American Miniature horses in the United States [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2019 Rationale Tick paralysis has not been reported in horses in North America. Clinical Findings Two American Miniature horses were examined for progressive weakness and recumbency. Numerous ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) were found on both horses.
Kelsey M. Trumpp +4 more
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Prospective Study of 506 Dogs with Tick Paralysis: Investigating Measures of Severity and Clinical Signs as Predictors of Mortality and Assessing the Benefits of Different Therapeutics [PDF]
AnimalsSurvey data from 42 Australian eastern seaboard veterinary practices involving 506 cases are reported with regard to clinical signs, disease severity, mortality, use of pharmaceuticals, and recovery times.
Rick Atwell, Dianne Vankan
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