Gastrointestinal Diseases from Animals

Hookworms are one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion animal world. They use their hooklike mouths to latch onto a pet's intestines, where they feast on tissue fluids and blood. Infected pets can experience dramatic weight loss, bloody stool, anemia and lethargy, among other issues. According to new research from the University of Georgia, they've become multiple-drug resistant. Right now, U.S. veterinarians rely on three types of drugs to kill hookworms, but the parasites appear to be developing resistance to all of them. Researchers from the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine first reported this concerning development in 2019. New research, published recently in the International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance , provides deeper insight into where the problem started and how bad it was it's since become. The researchers focused on current and former racing greyhounds for the study. Dog racetracks are particularly conducive to spreading ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome, Willow, to a long line of presidential pets. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have added a green-eyed tabby from Pennsylvania to the White House family, the first feline tenant since President George W. Bush's controversially named cat India. The 2-year-old Willow joins Commander, a recently acquired German shepherd puppy who follows two other German shepherds, Champ and Major. Champ died in June at age 13, while Major, a 3-year-old rescue, was sent off to a quieter life after behaving aggressively. With Presidents James K. Polk and Donald Trump among the no-pets exceptions, animals have a long history in the White House. Highlights of past presidential pets: PRESIDENTS AND PONIES FILE - First lady Jacqueline Kennedy leads her daughter Caroline's pony, Macaroni, center, while giving gives a tour...

The Health Department did not confirm reports of an outbreak of the bacterial disease linked to McCarren Park, but said it was working with the Parks Department to keep out the rats that spread the illness. Alarm has grown among some New York City dog owners in recent days as reports have circulated about the risks to canine health posed by the city's legions of rats. In the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, a corner of McCarren Park that is used as a dog run was temporarily shut for maintenance after rumors of an outbreak of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by rat urine, lit up social media. The bacteria can fester in puddles and damp spots, and animals can become gravely ill if they contract the disease. It can also sicken humans. Lincoln Restler, a councilman who represents the area, tweeted last week that his office had received reports that several dogs who had visited the park later died of the disease. The city Health Department said it could not confirm the reports...

The Templeton family's View Fort Holsteins scored back-to-back wins at International Dairy Week when their home-bred cow View Fort Dictator Dottie was named Australian Grand Champion on Thursday. It was an amazing performance from the Tarwin, Vic, based operation of Matt and Nicola Templeton and his parents Bruce and Jan, who took the top award the last time IDW was run in 2020. Holsteins dominated the interbreed competitions, taking the senior and junior championships. The Jersey exhibit took the intermediate award with the Holstein as runner up. The Jersey was runner up in the senior competition, while the Ayrshire was runner up in the junior competition. The win was especially sweet for the Templetons with this year's winner bred on their farm. In 2020 they won the event with an Avonlea Holstein cow. Matt said Dottie was the granddaughter of a cow his father had imported as an embryo from Canada in 2006, after seeing the mother competing at the Royal Winter Fair. Eight-year-...

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A rare type of Salmonella has infected 16 people in Norway with the majority needing hospital treatment. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) reported that the Salmonella Blockley outbreak had affected people living in several counties in the country. The source of infection is unknown, so an investigation has been started with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. People have fallen sick from the end of November 2021 up to the first week of January 2022. They are aged 1 to 80, and 11 of them are women. Five ill people live in Trøndelag, three each in Viken and Troms og Finnmark, two in Nordland and Vestland and one in Rogaland. Likely less severe cases not being found Bacteria with the same genetic profile has been detected in 12 of 16 patients which means they were likely infected from the same source. Salmonella Blockley is a rare type in Europe. It has previously been recorded in Norway but ...

Nagpur: At a time when Covid-19 cases are increasing every day, doctors in the city are also seeing many patients of other viral fevers, especially those causing similar symptoms like in case of infection by Omicron variant, but still testing negative in RT-PCR. Patients are coming from both adults and paediatric age groups. Many of them undergo RT-PCR tests. But after being detected negative for Covid-19, doctors are treating them for symptoms such as fever, cough and cold. According to Dr Namita Bhandarkar who runs a small clinic in Narendra Nagar, the symptoms are almost same – body ache, fever, throat infection and cold – but many patients are testing negative for Covid-19. "Patients of cough, cold and fever are there in almost every home," said Dr Bhandarkar. Paediatricians have observed a sudden rise in viral fevers among children. "In the last two-three weeks, cases of fever among children have increased. Out of 10 children who are tested, 4-5 test positive for Co...