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Veterinary Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 3

December 2014 - 5 articles

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Articles (5)

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
11,435 Views
21 Pages

Animal Models of Allergic Diseases

  • Domenico Santoro and
  • Rosanna Marsella

4 December 2014

Allergic diseases have great impact on the quality of life of both people and domestic animals. They are increasing in prevalence in both animals and humans, possibly due to the changed lifestyle conditions and the decreased exposure to beneficial mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
13,786 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Transportation and Pre-Slaughter Handling on Welfare and Meat Quality of Cattle: Case Study of Kumasi Abattoir, Ghana

  • Samuel Frimpong,
  • Girma Gebresenbet,
  • Emmanuel Bobobee,
  • Elias D. Aklaku and
  • Ibrahim Hamdu

19 November 2014

This study was conducted at the Kumasi Abattoir Company Limited (K.A.C.L) in Ghana to assess the effect of pre-slaughter handling on welfare and meat quality of cattle. Behaviour measurements were done on 200 cattle pre-slaughter and the methods by w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
10,376 Views
15 Pages

Preliminary Metabolism of Lomustine in Dogs and Comparative Cytotoxicity of Lomustine and Its Major Metabolites in Canine Cells

  • Thushara Chakkath,
  • Sidonie N. Lavergne,
  • Timothy M. Fan,
  • David Bunick and
  • Levent Dirikolu

4 November 2014

The nitrosourea drug lomustine is used clinically for treating a wide variety of malignancies, most commonly brain tumors and lymphoma. Lomustine undergoes hydrolysis in vivo to form isomeric metabolites, primarily trans-4-hydroxylomustine (trans-4)...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
12,547 Views
9 Pages

Fatal Canine Leptospirosis on St. Kitts

  • Amanda Loftis,
  • Fernanda Castillo-Alcala,
  • Lewis Bogdanovic and
  • Ashutosh Verma

20 October 2014

Through prospective enrollment of canine patients at the Ross University Veterinary Clinic, on St. Kitts, four cases of acute fatal leptospirosis were diagnosed. Clinical, pathological, and diagnostic findings in these cases are summarized in this ca...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,537 Views
14 Pages

13 October 2014

Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent disease that affects both humans and animals. Dogs share similar environments with the owners and spontaneously develop a disease that is clinically and immunologically identical to AD in humans. In past decades...

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