Publications by authors named "Cindy L Corrales Mesa"
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- A 3-month-old female English setter in Quebec presented with severe respiratory distress, leading to the discovery of fungal spores in its lungs during bronchoalveolar lavage.
- The dog’s health rapidly worsened within 24 hours and it was euthanized; post-mortem tests confirmed the presence of lycoperdonosis, a fungal infection from inhaling mushroom spores.
- This is the first documented case of lycoperdonosis in eastern Canada, highlighting the need for veterinarians to consider spore inhalation in similar acute respiratory cases and to take detailed patient histories.
Considering the strong immunogenicity of the Dal antigen, and that > 98% of dogs, including blood donors, are Dal-positive, finding compatible blood for a previously transfused Dal-negative patient may be challenging. This is exacerbated by limited access to typing reagents, which currently rely on polyclonal antibodies (PAb) produced following sensitization of dogs. Therefore, the objective of this study was to produce and characterize an anti-Dal murine monoclonal antibody (MAb).
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