| ticks of domestic animals in the macedonia region of greece. | a study was carried out on ticks of domestic animals in the macedonia region of greece. during 1983-1986, 11,620 tick specimens, belonging to 18 species and subspecies, were collected from cattle, sheep, goats and dogs, in 64 localities throughout macedonia. rhipicephalus bursa, the most common tick, and hyalomma marginatum marginatum occurred in all bioclimatic zones, as well as the two one-host ticks, boophilus annulatus and h. detritum scupense, which were present in fewer localities. r. tura ... | 1996 | 8792578 |
| human and canine dirofilariasis in greece. | human dirofilariasis is a disease which is considered to be rare in greece, less than 20 cases having been reported prior to 1990. the clinical manifestations were usually subcutaneous nodules, and in only two cases there was ocular dirofilariasis. eight new cases were recognized in humans during the last six years in athens, two of which with ophthalmic involvement. twelve additional cases have been detected but not published in thessaloniki. in all human cases, the worms were identified as bei ... | 1997 | 9802098 |
| specific anti-leishmania spp. antibodies in stray cats in greece. | greece is a highly endemic country for leishmania species. canine cases of leishmaniosis are recorded in different parts of the country. however, no case of feline leishmaniosis has been reported yet. in the present study, the seroprevalence in cats was investigated as a first approach to measuring leishmania spp. infection of this animal species, in greece. for this purpose, blood serum samples from 284 stray adult cats, living in the major area of thessaloniki (northern greece), were examined ... | 2009 | 19254858 |
| seroprevalence of equine piroplasms and host-related factors associated with infection in greece. | serum samples were collected from a total of 544 equids that included 524 horses, 13 mules, and 7 ponies from various regions of mainland greece and were examined by competitive-inhibition elisa (celisa) to evaluate the level of exposure of greek equids to theileria (babesia) equi and/or babesia caballi, the causative agents of piroplasmosis. association between seropositivity and host-related factors of species, gender, age, origin, activity and location were investigated. the overall seropreva ... | 2010 | 20138434 |
| real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction detection of haemoplasmas in healthy and unhealthy dogs from central macedonia, greece. | the aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of canine haemoplasmas, mycoplasma haemocanis and "candidatus mycoplasma haematoparvum" infection in central macedonia, greece, and to evaluate any associations between canine haemoplasma infection and clinical presentation, selected laboratory data or the presence of ticks. | 2011 | 22017540 |
| tick infestation of dogs in thessaloniki, northern greece. | ticks were collected from 249 dogs, admitted over a one-year period (1996-1997) to a veterinary teaching hospital and four private veterinary practices located in the county of thessaloniki, greece. a total of 2812 ticks (acari: ixodidae) were collected, of which 2511 (89.3%) were rhipicephalus sanguineus (latreille) adults (1070 males, 1441 females), 156 (5.5%) r. turanicus pomerantsev adults (35 males, 121 females), 100 (3.6%) rhipicephalus spp. nymphs and 45 (1.6%) rhipicephalus spp. larvae. ... | 2003 | 12680933 |
| subconjunctival filariasis due to onchocerca sp. in dogs: report of 23 cases in greece. | in the present study, we describe a series of 23 cases of ocular subconjunctival parasitic granulomas in dogs, admitted to the clinic of surgery, faculty of veterinary medicine of the aristotle university of thessaloniki, greece, between 1997 and 2000. the ophthalmic manifestations in all animals were periorbital swelling, discomfort, photophobia, conjunctival congestion, and discharge. a more detailed examination revealed the presence of periocular masses (nodules) on the subconjunctival bulbar ... | 2002 | 12071870 |
| prevalence, distribution and factors associated with the presence and the potential for malignancy of cutaneous neoplasms in 174 dogs admitted to a clinic in northern greece. | one hundred and seventy-four dogs diagnosed with cutaneous neoplasms in the animal medical and surgical clinic, faculty of veterinary medicine, aristotle university of thessaloniki, were studied. thirty-one types of neoplasm were diagnosed, among which mast cell tumours (13.8%), hepatoid gland adenomas (9.8%), lipomas (5.7%) and histiocytomas (5.7%) were the most common. the prevalence of epithelial, mesenchymal, lymphohistiocytic and melanocytic tumours was 47.7, 40.8, 8.6 and 2.9%, respectivel ... | 2002 | 11958472 |
| flea species from dogs and cats in northern greece: environmental and clinical implications. | fleas were identified after being collected from 129 dogs and 38 cats of random breed, sex and age. all these animals, infested with fleas and admitted to the clinic of medicine of the veterinary faculty in thessaloniki for routine procedures, were from different habitats and originated from various parts of northern greece. ctenocephalides canis was the most common species found on the dogs (71.3%). conversely, its prevalence in the 14 cats was substantially lower (5.3%). ctenocephalides felis ... | 1995 | 7676591 |
| prevalence of igg antibodies to trichinella spiralis in dogs in macedonia, northern greece. | an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was used to detect t. spiralis infection in dogs, using larval t. spiralis excretory-secretory (es) antigen. forty-three (4.3%) dog sera out of 1000 revealed the presence of igg t. spiralis. the positive sera were distributed in three groups; 21 (2.1%) weakly positive, 14 (1.4%) moderately positive, and eight (0.8%) strongly positive. | 1995 | 7571342 |
| a survey on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in the area of thessaloniki, greece. | faecal specimens randomly taken from 232 healthy dogs living in the area of thessaloniki were screened for internal parasites. in 39.2% of the examined dogs excretion of sarcocystis bovicanis (1.3%), isospora ohioensis/burrowsi (3.9%), giardia lamblia (0.8%), hammondia heydorni (0.4%), dicrocoelium dendriticum (0.8%) diplopylidium nolleri (0.4%), joyeuxiella pasqualei (0.8%), taeniids (0.4%), toxocara canis (22.4%), toxascaris leonina (1.3%), uncinaria stenocephala (3.0%), trichuris vulpis (2.6% ... | 1988 | 3372979 |