Ova of Dioctophyme renale in a canine struvite urolith.

This report describes light and scanning electron microscopic appearance of an ovum from the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale found in the nidus and stone layer of a struvite calculus. The stone had been surgically removed from the bladder of a 4-year-old spayed female mixed breed dog from northern Ontario.

Canine urolithiasis: a look at over 16 000 urolith submissions to the Canadian Veterinary Urolith Centre from February 1998 to April 2003.

The purpose of this study was to report on the age, sex, breed, and mineral composition of 16 647 canine bladder uroliths submitted to the Canadian Veterinary Urolith Centre between February 1998 and April 2003. Each urolith submission was accompanied by a questionnaire. Of the submissions, approximately 43.

Feline urethral plugs and bladder uroliths: a review of 5484 submissions 1998-2003.

The results of 5484 submissions from cats to the Canadian Veterinary Urolith Centre between February 1998 and February 2003 are presented. Of the submissions, 618 were urethral plugs and 4866 were bladder uroliths. The majority of the urethral plugs were from male domestic shorthair and longhair cats.

Anti-GMP140 (CD62) autoantibody in a patient with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura.

The presence of platelet GMP140 (CD62) antibodies was analysed by the MAIPA test in 57 sera from patients with AITP and on platelets from 54 patients with thrombocytopenia of suspected immune origin. A CD62 antibody was found in only one serum. Its specificity was confirmed by an ELISA and a radioimmunoprecipitation procedure using total intact platelets and immuno-purified GMP140.