| [ehrlichia and babesia infections in dogs in the netherlands]. | a retrospective study was performed at the department of clinical sciences of companion animals at utrecht university amongst 75 dogs diagnosed with a babesia canis and/or an ehrlichia canis infection. the majority of the dogs had visited an endemic area (most often the mediterranean area or the dutch antilles), but two dogs became infected with babesia in the netherlands. babesia infections were associated with a stay in an endemic area and an incubation period that are both significantly short ... | 2004 | 15622893 |
| risk of infection with leishmania spp. in the canine population in the netherlands. | the dog is the main reservoir of leishmania infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in humans in southern europe. in order to identify the risk of dogs from a leishmania non-endemic area traveling to a leishmania-endemic area becoming infected and the risk of transmitting infection to humans in non-endemic areas an investigation was performed, in which the results of a questionnaire were combined with the results of a serologic survey. the questionnaire was sent to 1478 at r ... | 2002 | 12831172 |
| the relationship between homozygosity and the occurrence of specific diseases in bouvier belge des flandres dogs in the netherlands. | since purebred dog populations represent closed gene pools, a relatively high level of consanguinity between individuals, and hence of inbreeding, is common. this case control study was conducted to establish the possible connection between the actual level of homozygosity due to inbreeding and specific diseases (flea allergy, osteochondrosis, laryngeal paralysis, neoplasm, autoimmune disease, hypoplastic trachea, and food allergy) occurring in the bouvier belge des flandres breed. one hundred a ... | 1992 | 1485402 |