| increased requests for help by problem gamblers: data from a gambling crisis telephone hotline. | a report on the rate and profile of calls received by a national gambling telephone hotline for a twelve month period covering six month periods before and after the opening of new zealand's second casino located in auckland. | 1997 | 9364187 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| a survey of owners' perceptions of fear of fireworks in a sample of dogs and cats in new zealand. | to establish reliable information regarding the behavioural responses of dogs and cats to fireworks in new zealand; record interventions used by owners, and their perceived efficacies; and establish the prevalence of firework-related injury, and quantify owners' attitudes towards fireworks. | 2010 | 21151214 |
| making the invisible visible: a photovoice exploration of homeless women's health and lives in central auckland. | women and the concept of homelessness are weakly connected in the international discourses on health and housing. this photovoice study gave a sample of homeless women in central auckland a camera with which to photograph their lives in order to voice their felt health needs as advocates and agents for positive change. interviews explored the meanings given to street lives captured in the photographs and reveal threats to the women's mental health and worsening addictions. their tight-knit, resi ... | 2010 | 21227559 |
| detection of tetrodotoxin from the grey side-gilled sea slug - pleurobranchaea maculata, and associated dog neurotoxicosis on beaches adjacent to the hauraki gulf, auckland, new zealand. | investigations into a series of dog poisonings on beaches in auckland, north island, new zealand, resulted in the identification of tetrodotoxin (ttx) in the grey side-gilled sea slug, pleurobranchaea maculata. the levels of ttx in p. maculata, assayed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (lc-ms) ranged from 91 to 850 mg kg(-1) with a median level of 365 mg kg(-1) (n = 12). in two of the dog poisoning cases, vomit and gastrointestinal contents were found to contain ttx. adult p. maculata w ... | 2010 | 20466016 |
| current attitudes toward, and incidence of, sterilization of cats and dogs by caregivers (owners) in auckland, new zealand. | this study distributed a questionnaire to cat or dog caregivers (owners) throughout auckland, new zealand, to investigate the attitudes of human companions toward the sterilization of their cats and dogs and the degree to which this occurs relative to demographic information gathered. a total of 276 recipients returned questionnaires with data pertinent to 477 cats and dogs. female owners were more likely than were males to sterilize cats or dogs: 90.2% sterilization rate compared with 80%. stat ... | 2009 | 20183485 |
| rabies postexposure management of travelers presenting to travel health clinics in auckland and hamilton, new zealand. | rabies is a fatal disease, and travelers going to endemic areas need to take precautions. little is known about the rabies postexposure management of travelers from new zealand. | 2009 | 19192122 |
| risk factors for atopic dermatitis in new zealand children at 3.5 years of age. | the prevalence of atopic dermatitis (ad) is increasing in western societies. the hygiene hypothesis proposes that this is due to reduced exposure to environmental allergens and infections during early life. | 2005 | 15840107 |