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Jul 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-23-4510
Sohir YoussefCorresponding author
Dermatophytosis affect companion animal’s skin and keratin appendages as cats and dogs, resulting in red, scaly, itchy, bald, and raised patches like ring. The three main groups are Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton. This study collected samples of skin scrapping and hairs from 130 cats a…
Jul 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3434
Pamela R.R. MoreiraCorresponding author
Background The mammary glands are the second most common tumor development site in female dogs. One of the ways of staging such tumors is to evaluate the presence or absence of distant metastasis, including in bone marrow. Such findings in human medicine are associated with poor survival of women wi…
Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3256
Fabrizio di VirgilioCorresponding author
This pilot study aims to compare cardiorespiratory parameters in female dogs that underwent either laparoscopic or open elective gonadectomy with spontaneous ventilation anaesthesia. Records of 77 client-owned female dogs were reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups: laparoscopic surgery (L…
Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3234
Fabrizio di VirgilioCorresponding author
Aim of the Research The aim of this study is to analyze a group of dogs of different breeds affected by osteosarcoma (OSA), to document any prevalence of this primary bone neoplasia in breeds that are phylogenetically close and to help with further research human medicine, as a model of study for pr…
Dec 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-19-3101
Pamela Rodrigues Reina MoreiraCorresponding author
Papillary carcinoma is a mammary neoplasia of women and female dogs characterized by papillary fibrovascular projections lined by epithelial cells. Evaluation on the biology of these tumors can be done by immunohistochemistry through detection of alpha-smooth muscle actin protein in the papillary my…
May 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-19-2722
Pamela Rodrigues Reina MoreiraCorresponding author
Onychogryphosis is one of the main clinical findings in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis (VL); however, research focusing on the subungual area of infected dogs is scarce. This study aims to assess the subungual area of dogs with VL that presented or not onychogryphosis by means of histopathological…
Mar 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-18-2012
Amal A HalawaCorresponding author
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor with a weak estrogenic effect used in industry as a component of food cans. We aimed to study the toxic effects of BPA on mRNA expression of steroidogenic genes and testicular structure in mature male rats. Animals were divided into 3 groups: vehicle contr…
Jan 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1817
María Elizabeth Márquez ContrerasCorresponding author
Chagas disease is zoonotic illness or an anthropozoonosis caused by flagellated protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. This infection presents alarming rates of incidence/prevalence, for this reason, is recognized worldwide as one of the 13 most neglected tropical diseases 1. Numerous studies have de…
Nov 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1764
L. Miguel CarreiraCorresponding author
Leishmaniasis treatment monitoring is an important problem, since patient’s frequently present clinical signs improvements with positive indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) titers of anti-Leishmania antibodies, thus making difficult the clinician understand the therapy efficacy. The study aimed 1) to i…
Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3225
Fabrizio di VirgilioCorresponding author
Objective To evaluate/ determine the risk factors for dogs presented with Gastric Dilation- Volvulus (GDV) to a referral veterinary centre and to compare the results with those currently reported in veterinary literature. Materials and Methods The observational case-control study comprised a populat…
Dec 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1773
Nicholas J. KavanaCorresponding author
The knowledge,attitudes, and practice among inhabitants of Babati district in Tanzania on sparganosis were evaluated. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 160 participants from the district. Demographic and socioeconomic information of the participants and their KAP on sparganosis was colle…
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1574
Gabriela Noronha de ToledoCorresponding author
Periosteal osteosarcoma is an uncommon primary malignant bone tumor in dogs and humans. This type of tumor is one of the four variants of osteosarcoma. The main feature is a superficial lesion without evidence of bone marrow involvement. The treatment usually performed is limb amputation. There is i…
Jul 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1586
Mayara Caroline ROSOLEMCorresponding author
The mammary tumor is one of the most common cancer in female dogs and, at the present days, there is a big focus on the study of the relation between this kind of tumor in animals and the cells that stay around them, like the inflammatory cells. The objective of this study was to evaluate and show w…