Gastrointestinal Diseases from Animals

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Rodrigo C Silva, 1 Gustavo P Machado 2 1 Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA; 2 Department of Internal Medicine and Surgery of Small Animals, Dr Munhoz Veterinary Hospital, Itápolis, Brazil Abstract: Canine neosporosis is a worldwide disease caused by the obligate intracellular parasite protozoan Neospora caninum , manifesting mainly neurological symptoms. N. caninum has a heteroxenous life cycle and affects a wide range of warm-blooded animals. The domestic and wild canids are the definitive host of the parasite. They shed oocysts after ingestion of tissue cysts from infected intermediate hosts (ovine, equine, bovine, canine, and many other species), containing bradyzoites, or oocyst-contaminated water and food. The presence of dogs in farms is considered a risk factor for production animals. A wide range of diagnostic methods are currently available, but the most used is serology, i...

A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the LA County Natural History museum Wednesday, June 1, 2022. David Crane | MediaNews Group | Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images The iconic black and orange monarch butterfly is threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction and climate change, international conservationists said on Thursday. The monarch butterfly, known for its annual migration across North America, was placed in the endangered category of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Every autumn, millions of the butterflies undertake the longest known migration of any insect, flying thousands of miles from breeding grounds in the eastern U.S. and Canada to spend the winter months in Mexico and California. The monarch population has declined between 22% and 72% over the past decade, scientists said. The western population is at the greatest risk of extinction, declining by 99.9% from an es...

McCrammer Rakes in Beef Steer Earnings at Marshall by Raymie Shoop Published: Friday, July 29, 2022 The Marshall County 4-H livestock auction took place last Friday at the Marshall County Fairgrounds in Argos. The auction brought in a total of $143,354.21, with 196 lots sold. This was up from last year's total of $132,759. The beef project had three lots sold that brought a total of $19,119.50. Izabelle McCrammer of Center Twp. exhibited the grand champion beef steer, which sold for $12,286.20. Ashley Pugh of Union Twp. exhibited the reserve champion beef steer for $4,606. The dairy beef project brought in $21,295.25 with a total of eight lots. The grand champion dairy steer was shown by Leah Pizzuto but was not sold. Trent Conley of Bourbon Twp. showed the reserve champion dairy steer. Conley's steer went through the auction and brought $6,824. Dairy products were represented in the auction and sold for $9,075. Brooke Kitch of Bourbon Twp. exhibited the grand ch...

The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has announced the finalists for its 2021 contest, which honors the funniest wildlife photographs captured over the past year. Launched in 2015 by a pair of professional photographers who wished to promote wildlife conservation through humor, the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards received over 7,000 entries from around the world this year, and 42 of those submissions have been selected as finalists. 10% of the net revenue from this year's awards will be donated to the charity Save Wild Orangutans. "We were overwhelmed with the number and quality of entries we received this year, with well over 7,000 photos submitted from every corner of the globe," co-founder Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE says. "It was an amazing turnout, especially given the impact of the pandemic. "The huge number of images we receive every year illustrates the appetite there is to engage with conservation and reminds us that wildlife truly is incredible and hilarious an...

Share on Pinterest The spread of MRSA from pigs to humans may help explain its resilience. Image credit: Melissa Milis Photography/Stocksy. A new study investigates the history of the most common antibiotic-resistant bacterium in European livestock. Researchers found that the bacterium, a form of MRSA, has been very stable over a long period of time, steadily increasing its resistance. The pathogen primarily spreads to humans through direct contact with pigs, but it can also spread from human to human. The evolutionary pressure created by the widespread use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of an increasing number of bacteria that are antibiotic-resistant. One of the more difficult-to-treat of these is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , or MRSA , which is resistant to several otherwise effective antibiotics. A new study from the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom investigates a strain of MRSA, clonal-complex 398 (CC3...