Summary Biotoxins produced by marine algae are taken up by shellfish during the filterfeeding activity which remain and concentrate in their different organs, thus these toxins can become the part of the human food-chain ...

Summary Background: The treatment of canine heartworm disease (HWD) consist from macrocyclic lactones, doxycycline, and melarsomine recommended by the American Heartworm Society (AHS). Objectives: To gain experiences ...

Summary Background: The number of artificial insemination (AI) doses which can be obtained from an ejaculate of a single boar have major economic implications in porcine AI centres. This needs a quick and an acceptable ...

SUMMARY Larvae of protostrongylid nematodes develop in the muscles of terrestrial snails and the adults live in the lung of mammals. The behaviour of protostrogylid and angiostrongylid larvae is interesting because they ...

SUMMARY Paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) is a chronic bacterial disease in cattle asso-ciated with inflammation of the bowel and diarrhoea caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). Paratuberculosis ...

Summary In the present literature review the authors discuss the pathophysiology of a neurological syndrome, namely hepatic encephalopathy (HE). HE is a brain disorder that associated with liver failure or porto-systemic ...

Summary Background: Equine neonatology focuses mainly on perinatal period from the terminal phase of pregnancy throughout the first few weeks of life. The delayed recognition of abnormalities in the early postpartum ...