| tokelau: a unique low allergen environment at sea level. | previous studies have shown that children in tokelau have a lower prevalence of asthma and atopy compared to tokelauan children resident in new zealand. we hypothesized that the low asthma and atopy prevalence in tokelau may be associated with low indoor allergen levels. | 2005 | 15836757 |
| free-roaming and surrendered dogs and cats submitted to a humane shelter in wellington , new zealand , 1999--2006. | to describe submissions of dogs and cats to an animal welfare shelter over a 6-year period, and to evaluate the association between the numbers of dogs and cats submitted per square kilometre, human population density, and standardised measures of socioeconomic deprivation. | 2008 | 19043467 |
| first report of homoanatoxin-a and associated dog neurotoxicosis in new zealand. | in november 2005, at least five dogs died rapidly after contact with water from the hutt river (lower north island, new zealand). necropsy performed 24h later on one of the dogs (a 20-month-old labrador) revealed few findings of interest, except for copious amounts of froth in the respiratory tract down to the bifurcation of the trachea and large quantities of algal material in the dog's stomach. low and relatively stable flows in the hutt river during spring had resulted in the proliferation of ... | 2007 | 17517427 |
| determinants of endotoxin levels in carpets in new zealand homes. | endotoxin in house dust has been shown to be associated with asthma severity. little is known about the influence of housing characteristics on endotoxin distribution. using standardized methods, dust was sampled from a 1m(2) site and the whole accessible carpet area in selected wellington, new zealand homes (n = 77). endotoxin was measured using a limulus amoebocyte lysate assay. relative humidity and temperature were recorded using sensors placed in carpet bases. questionnaires were used to co ... | 2003 | 12756006 |
| 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 |