Effects of short-term oral administration of propranolol on tear secretion in clinically normal dogs.

This study evaluated the effects of short-term oral administration of propranolol on tear secretion in 15 clinically normal crossbreed dogs. The treatment group (n = 8) received propranolol (2 mg/kg q8h) orally for 7 days. The control group (n = 7) received placebo during the study.

The effects of ketamine-midazolam anesthesia on intraocular pressure in clinically normal dogs.

Objective: To determine the effects of intravenous ketamine-midazolam anesthesia on intraocular pressure (IOP) in ocular normotensive dogs.

Animals: Thirteen adult mixed-breed dogs.

Procedures: Dogs were randomly assigned to treatment (n = 7) and control (n = 6) groups.

Leptospira wolffii, a potential new pathogenic Leptospira species detected in human, sheep and dog.

Leptospirosis is the most common zoonotic disease, which is transmitted to humans through contaminated water or direct exposure to the urine of infected animals. In this study, the presence and prevalence of Leptospira species in the infected samples of human (n=369) and sheep (n=75) sera and also dogs' urine (n=150), collected from four provinces of Iran, were investigated by using nested-PCR/RFLP assay followed by sequencing analysis. Nested-PCR assay detected that 98/369 (26.