Objectve: To determine the general clinical presentaton and incidence of adverse reactons to vaccinatons in domestcanimals.Design: A retrospectve study using clinical databases and scientfc literature.Methods: Veterinary hospitals, Universites and private animal clinics partecipated in a database search for all the domestic animals vaccinated within a 2-year period.Results: We reported all the adverse events, including local injecton site reactions and systemic signs recorded in cats, dogs and ferrets.Conclusions: Data from this study show that adverse reactons occur frequently, we are not aware of the exact role of the vaccinal components or of the their complex formulaton altogether, as defnite triggers of post-injecton complicatons, but comparatve pathology with exhaustve surveys of animals untoward effects either in the domestic or zoo technique setting will assist us in better deciphering this puzzling issue.
Leggi ArticoloLe capacità olfattive dei cani sono circa 10.000 – 100.000 più sviluppate rispetto a quelle dell’uomo. È noto che il fIuto dei cani viene utilizzato in medicina forense, per la ricerca di persone scomparse o nel rintracciare materiali e sostanze sulla base di caratteristiche sensoriali specifIche. In ambito clinico sussiste la possibilità di poter sfruttare le capacità olfattive di cani, opportunamente allenati, per lo screening di patologie tumorali e non, caratterizzate dalla presenza di molecole biomarcatori specifIci nei materiali biologici. In ambito oncologico sussistono evidenze scientifIche di tale opportunità per il melanoma, il carcinoma del polmone, della mammella, e per le neoplasie di retto, ovaio, prostata e vescica. In ambito non oncologico, invece, esistono diverse condizioni patologiche accomunate dalla presenza di composti organici volatili in materiali biologici che potrebbero essere campo di indagine ed approfondimento da parte del futo canino. Con questo articolo vogliamo fornire uno stato dell’arte riguardo le attuali capacità olfatto-diagnostiche dei cani, spiegandone le basi scientifche delle loro capacità, i vantaggi e gli svantaggi del metodo, e scandagliare ambiti patologici non del tutto approfonditi, che potrebbero essere invece passibili di tale applicazione.
Leggi ArticoloPER INDIVIDUARE TRATTI COMUNI NEL PROCESSO DI QUESTA TERRIBILE MALATTIA SE NE CERCANO LE CORRELAZIONI FRA ANIMALE DOMESTICO E UOMO. MA A CHE PUNTO È LA RICERCA?
Leggi ArticoloIntroduction: Antibiotics are largely employed in zootechnical feed to preserve human and animal species from zoonosis due pathogenic infective agents.
Aim: Due to the increasing number of pathologies related to diet (e.g. food intolerances), we investigated the toxic effects induced by antibiotics residues, oxytetracyclines, present within the industrial
food on both human and domestic animals’ health. Zootechnical products obtained from animal bones industrial transformation, and their related toxic effects have been pointed out.
Methods: Comparative analysis of published papers has been conducted from 1910 up to 2014.
Results: The comparative analysis revealed the presence of oxytetracycline residues and other antibiotics in food intended for human and animal consumption, which resulted in multisystemic
toxic effects.
Discussion: Either metabolism and possible measures to prevent exposure to oxytetracycline have also been examined, however a more detailed understanding of biochemical effects of such class of
antibiotics is required.
The spontaneous tumor biology has been investigated with the support of animalists using animals as a preclinical model allowing translation of results in clinical practice. This review provides an insight into the field of comparative oncology. Evidence shows that companion animal health care is impressively growing in terms of development of new therapies and diagnostic tools, nutrition and disease prevention. However, even if most animal tumors might be a reliable model to study human carcinomas, many open questions, related to the opportunities to select and recruit new models in oncology, along with their legal and ethical implications, remain unanswered.
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