| [environmental hygienic aspects of echinococcosis]. | a literature review on the current situation of echinococcosis in central europe is given. the only final host for echinococcus granulosus in this region ist the dog. the infection rate of dogs with e. granulosus in central europe is less than 1%. according to meat inspection statistics in germany less than 0.008% of sheep, pigs and horses carry larval stages of e. granulosus. parasitologically confirmed is the occurrence of a cattle-dog strain, the cysts of which were found in 0.26% of slaughte ... | 1992 | 1516550 |
| [seroprevalence of anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in dogs in germany]. | to determine the prevalence of anaplasma phagocytophilum in dogs in germany serum samples from 1124 dogs that were under suspicion of having anaplasmosis were examined. the samples were tested by an indirect immunofluorescence test (oft) for antibodies to a. phagocytophilum. the geographical origin of positive cases were analysed with an geographic information system. antibodies to a. phagocytophilum were found in 563 (50.1%) of the tested dogs. 166 dogs came from saarland, 161 from north rhine- ... | 2006 | 17009720 |
| natural infections of angiostrongylus vasorum and crenosoma vulpis in dogs in germany (2007-2009). | in order to assess the occurrence and regional geographical distribution of angiostrongylus vasorum and crenosoma vulpis in germany, faecal samples of 810 dogs with clinical symptoms of respiratory and circulatory disease, bleeding disorder and/or neurological signs were collected from september 2007 to march 2009. the zinc chloride/sodium chloride flotation and baermann funnel technique were used to examine the samples for presence of lungworm larvae. infections with lungworms were diagnosed in ... | 2009 | 19575224 |
| potential risk factors for bovine neospora caninum infection in germany are not under the control of the farmers. | in the german state of rhineland-palatinate, herds were identified that were likely to have a neospora caninum sero-prevalence > or = 10% by using a bulk milk elisa. individual herd data were obtained by a questionnaire. univariate logistic regression showed that bulk milk positive farms had a significantly higher chance to report an increased abortion rate than negative farms (p(wald)<0.1). the chance to have a bulk milk positive herd increased with the minimum number of years a farm had report ... | 2004 | 15471005 |
| regional distribution of bovine neospora caninum infection in the german state of rhineland-palatinate modelled by logistic regression. | to obtain a rapid overview over the distribution of bovine neospora caninum-infections in the german state of rhineland-palatinate, an elisa to determine specific bovine antibodies against a p38 surface antigen of n. caninum tachyzoites was modified to examine bulk milk samples from cattle herds. experimental bulk milk samples were used to demonstrate that the seroprevalence in a group of animals can be estimated with this elisa. a cut-off was selected for the specific detection of herds having ... | 2003 | 14636679 |
| sandflies and leishmaniasis in germany. | this study has provided evidence for the natural occurrence of sandflies in germany. two species belonging to the genus phlebotomus were detected. phlebotomus (larroussius) perniciosus, a proven vector of leishmaniasis, was found in association with an autochthonous case of canine leishmaniasis near kaiserslautern. two hundred thirty-seven specimens of phlebotomus (transphlebotomus) mascittii were caught in 17 different locations in baden-wuerttemberg and rhineland-palatinate. the northernmost f ... | 2008 | 19030887 |
| use of the dog as non-rodent test species in the safety testing schedule associated with the registration of crop and plant protection products (pesticides): present status. | the results from a survey of the expert information that is publicly accessible on the use of the dog as test species during the regulatory evaluation of agricultural chemicals and pesticides are reported. methods that are being used or considered in order to reduce the number of dogs used for this purpose are described. regulatory evaluation aims at establishing threshold values for safe human exposure; it is based on no-observed-adverse-effect levels (noels) determined in animal studies. curre ... | 2005 | 15940470 |
| [the occurrence and distribution of rabies in rheinland-pfalz]. | by means of a descriptive study the progress of silvatic rabies in rheinland-pfalz is reported, starting from its first occurrence in 1955. during the period of 30 years a total of 35,090 animals of 48 different species has been examined on rabies, yielding 26,6% infected animals. the annual fractions of positive results fluctuated around this mean value with small deviations. the percentage for wild animals (35.9%) exceeded that of domestic animals (14.8%) significantly. the number of the annua ... | 1986 | 3738892 |