Aim: We performed a retrospective study to evaluate clinical complications and outcomes associated with non-operative management of pelvic fractures in dogs and cats and described owner satisfaction.
Materials And Methods: Based on radiographic findings and fracture location, case records were classified into two groups. Group 1 included animals with acetabulum involvement that underwent conservative treatment plus femoral head-and-neck excision.
Arthropod-borne hemoparasites represent a serious health problem in livestock, causing significant production losses. Currently, the evidence of spp., spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Horses ( are susceptible to tick-borne diseases. Two of them, Lyme borreliosis due to and granulocytic anaplasmosis due to were investigated in Algerian horses. The diseases have been less extensively studied in horses and results pertinent to Algeria have not been published.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Canine babesiosis is a vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks of the Ixodidae family. The effects of infection in dogs can range from the subclinical to the severe lethal form. This study aimed to make an original contribution to the knowledge of circulating species of spp.
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June 2020
Bartonella are blood-borne and vector-transmitted bacteria, some of which are zoonotic. B. bovis and B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of the in horses in different parts of Algeria and to determine risk factors for the infection.
Materials And Methods: A total of 736 blood samples were collected from horses of various breeds, gender, coat colors, and ages. All horses came from various farms, racecourses, and equestrian centers.
Introduction: Abortion in cattle is a major source of economic losses for the agriculture sector. It can be due to infectious or non-infectious factors. Among infectious factors, parasites, bacteria, viruses, and fungi can be involved.
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February 2015
Data on the prevalence of vector-borne diseases agents infecting canines in Algeria is currently lacking. The purpose of this study is to assess by serological and molecular methods the prevalence of select arthropod borne-bacterial infections in client-owned and stray dogs. Antibodies to Anaplasma phagocytophilum were the most prevalent at 47.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite responsible for paresis in dogs and abortion in cattle worldwide. Dogs serve as a definitive host, while cattle serve as intermediate host. Many different methods have been developed to detect specific antibodies present in cattle and dog serum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhole blood samples from 211 stray cats from Algiers, Algeria, were cultured to detect the presence of Bartonella species and to evaluate the genetic diversity of B. henselae strains by multiple locus VNTR analysis (MLVA). Bartonella henselae was the only species isolated from 36 (17%) of 211 cats.
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