| echinococcus granulosus infection in spain. | cystic echinococcosis (ce) caused by the cestode echinococcus granulosus is an endemic disease in spain. although specific control programmes initiated in the 1980s have led to marked reductions in ce infection rates in spain, the disease still remains an important human and animal health problem in many regions of the country. human incidence and livestock (including sheep, cattle, pigs and horses) prevalence data were gathered from national epidemiological surveillance information systems and ... | 2008 | 18331519 |
| detection and characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus pseudintermedius in healthy dogs in la rioja, spain. | the objective was to identify the methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci (mrcops) nasal carriage rate of healthy dogs in la rioja (spain) and to characterize the recovered isolates by different molecular techniques. nasal samples from 196 dogs were obtained (98 household-dogs, 98 pound-dogs). isolates were identified and characterized by spa-, sccmec- and mlst-typing, smai-pfge, antimicrobial susceptibility, determination of antimicrobial resistance and toxin genes profiling. s. ... | 2011 | 21903268 |
| zoonotic dirofilaria immitis infections in a province of northern spain. | dirofilaria immitis is the causal agent of canine and feline cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis. moreover, the existence of canine dirofilariasis implies a risk for human populations living in an endemic area in which, the parasite can cause pulmonary dirofilariasis. the spanish epidemiological situation is not well understood, lacking data from many central and northern provinces. in our study, epidemiological data on canine and human dirofilariasis for la rioja (northern spain) have been obtained ... | 2010 | 19619388 |
| progress in control of cystic echinococcosis in la rioja, spain: decline in infection prevalences in human and animal hosts and economic costs and benefits. | the autonomous community of la rioja is a region in the north of spain where the mean annual number of surgical cases of cystic echinococcosis (ce) was 50 (19 per 100000 inhabitants) during the years 1984-1987. this high clinical incidence prompted local authorities to implement a control program in 1986, whose methods and results are reported here. initially, the program consisted in documenting the prevalence of ce in sheep and humans, communicating an awareness of the disease risks among the ... | 2002 | 12204394 |
| [1987/88 campaign for home slaughtering of pigs for family consumption. health area no. 5 of la rioja]. | the private slaughter of pigs for home consumption continues to take place in rural areas of our country, especially by persons over 50 years of age who are dedicated to farming and ranching or who are retired. the sacrifice takes place mainly on fridays and saturdays in january and february on the owners' property. in 10% of the cases, the airing of the dressed carcasses is done in stables housing other animals. the sacrificed pigs are traditionally fed with barley flour and vegetables, which f ... | 1989 | 2519484 |