Publications

isolation of fungi from the pelage of cats and dogs using the hairbrush technique.	a total of 178 cats and 59 dogs in palmerston north, new zealand were sampled for the presence of keratinophilic fungi on their pelage; 57.8% had fungi. the fungi were classified in 20 genera with the predominant species being members of the genera; chrysosporium, microsporum and trichophyton. cats were the major carriers of keratinolytic fungi. 18.5% of the cats and 5.1% of the dogs were either carriers or infected with m. canis. microsporum canis was a frequent isolate and its distribution had ...	1996	8981779
isozyme variation of microsporum canis and m. cookei from new zealand.	fifty-four isolates of microsporum canis (arthroderma otae) from humans, cats and dogs obtained from auckland, palmerston north and wellington, new zealand and 18 m. cookei and two diheterospori spp. from soils were examined for variation using eight isozyme loci. m. canis isolates were from infected and non-infected cases. isozyme analysis separated the three species which were further subdivided into electrophoretic types (ets). clustering analysis using normalized percentage disagreement (ptc ...	1998	10075493
isozyme variation within and among populations of microsporum species.	isozyme variation among 54 isolates of microsporum canis, 18 microsporum cookei isolates and two diheterospora isolates were studied using starch gel electrophoresis. of eight enzymes examined, four were polymorphic (est, g6p, mdh and pep), having from two to four electrophoretic forms. within each species, consistent and reproducible isozyme patterns of the eight enzyme systems were obtained. phenotypic diversity (h) in m. canis was higher than in m. cookei (h = 0.459 and h = 0.408 respectively ...	1998	9919894
a cross-sectional study of risk factors for obesity in cats in new zealand.	this study was done to identify risk factors for obesity in an urban cat population in new zealand. a door-to-door survey (conducted within the city limits of palmerston north) obtained information on the diet, health and behaviour of 202 cats. one hundred and eighty-two of these cats were weighed and their back and leg lengths were measured. the interviewer's assessment of the body condition of each cat was the dependent variable used in this study. variables that were identified as significant ...	2000	10913803