Publications by authors named "V Gindonis"
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- - The study assessed the prevalence of endoparasites in dogs and cats in Finland, finding 3.5% in dogs, 3.6% in pet cats, and a staggering 41.3% in shelter cats, indicating significant disparities between household pets and those in shelters.
- - Common parasites in dogs included Toxocara canis (0.9%) and strongylid eggs (1.7%), while Toxocara cati (3.3%) was prevalent in pet cats; shelter cats had higher rates of multiple parasites, including T. cati at 34.8%.
- - The study highlighted that a substantial 31.2% of dogs were dewormed less than once
Background: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) and Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are common multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria in dogs. In 2012-2013 three dogs of the Guide Dog School of the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired were found to be MRSP positive. Guide dogs have regular contact with each other during their first year of life and prolonged contact when in training.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) are increasingly being isolated in bovine mastitis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the occurrence of MRS in Finnish mastitis milk samples and characterize the MRS isolates using molecular methods.
Results: Methicillin-resistant S.
Background: Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus is a rare infection in humans associated with contact with horses or consumption of unpasteurized milk products. On October 23, 2003, the National Public Health Institute was alerted that within one week three persons had been admitted to Tampere University Central Hospital (TaYS) because of S. equi subsp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe National Veterinary and Food Research Institute (Finland) and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency of the Quality Assurance Unit, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom (previously the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) organized a proficiency testing program for laboratories analyzing veterinary mastitis samples. Three test samples with lyophilized strains of common aerobic bacteria were sent to the participating laboratories 7 times between 2000 and 2003. The participants returned 98% of the requested data.
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