Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM
Parasites are major causes of respiratory tract disease in the dog and cat. Recent advances in therapy of these diseases have been made providing the practicing veterinarian with a more rational treatment modality.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Dwight Bowman, MS, PhD
These two worms are probably the most common parasites of the dog throughout most of its range around the world.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 April 1, 2009
With zoonotic disease on the risk, just over a third of DVMs suspect it has struck close to home.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Dwight Bowman, MS, PhD
Most people consider hookworms the causative agents of hookworm associated anemia in dogs and cats, and that is about where the story ends.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Stephen C. Barr, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVIM
Filarial nematode infection of dogs and cats – Dirofilaria immitis – adults (female worms up to 30 cm in length) live in pulmonary arteries causing respiratory, cardiac, and in some cases, renal disease.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Dwight Bowman, MS, PhD
There are 34 species of Cuterebra in North America.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Dwight Bowman, MS, PhD
Metastrongyloid nematodes are characterized by having life cycles that typically require an intermediated molluscan host for the development of the third-stage larvæ that are infective to vertebrates; however, two of the species in the dog are unusual in having direct life cycles.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Dwight Bowman, MS, PhD
It is hard to comprehend why year-round heartworm control is such a difficult idea to sell to practitioners or clients.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Dwight Bowman, MS, PhD
Dogs and cats are the only domestic animals that still routinely reside in the same domicile as their owners around the world. Thus, it is important to know if the parasites they harbor are zoonotic agents or not.
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