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Sarcoptic Mange in Dogs and its Chemotherapy with Herbal and Allopathic Drugs
Canine scabies is an extremely pruritic and contagious skin condition caused by epidermal mite, Sarcoptes scabies var canis (Prescott, 1970).  The disease spreads from dog to dog and also to human by direc...
Author: Zeeshan Habib and Dr. Azhar Maqbool - Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary & A...
Publication date: 03/10/2009    Rating:    Views: 222

Protecting Your Pet from Pesticides
This guide explains precautionary measures that can be used to protect pets from injury due to pesticides used in and around the home.Pets are an integral part of our families. They provide us with constant, lo...
Author: Frederick M. Fishel - Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Ins...
Publication date: 01/28/2008    Rating:    Views: 315

Convenience, enjoyment and health: parallels between marketing human and pet foods
Trends help us to better understand consumers, and consequently to develop brands and products orientated towards their needs. As a rule of thumb trends are defined as lasting at least 10 years. In the food bus...
Author: ULI PESI (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 11/27/2007    Rating:    Views: 508

Major concerns in comparative animal nutrition
THE NEED FOR NUTRITIONAL INFORMATIONDuring the past 150 years, the knowledge base to support livestock producers in the area of animal nutrition has substantially increased thanks to work by government institut...
Author: CHERYL L. DIKEMAN (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 11/19/2007    Rating:    Views: 438

Nutritional influences on gut microbial populations
Nutrition is the most important factor influencing the composition and metabolic activity of the intestinal microflora. This importance has long been recognized and basic research on the topic was already under...
Author: JÜRGEN ZENTEK, PETRA HELLWEG and ANNABELLA KHOLPARISINI (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 08/27/2007    Rating:    Views: 694

Adipose tissue transcriptomics: application to pet obesity
The obesity epidemic that has been sweeping the human population is now highly prevalent in our dog and cat populations as well. In developed countries, approximately 22 to 44% of dogs are considered overweight...
Author: KATHERINE R. BELSITO and KELLY S. SWANSON - University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA (Cou...
Publication date: 08/21/2007    Rating:    Views: 591

Using genomic biology to study brain aging and cognitive function
Over the past few decades, canine life span has continued to increase, due in part to improved veterinary care, vaccination programs, and nutritional status. It is estimated that one third to one half of today’...
Author: KELLY S. SWANSON - Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, US...
Publication date: 08/13/2007    Rating:    Views: 354

Mineral Nutrition of Domestic Cats
The domestic cat is believed to have evolved on a diet that consisted mainly of animal tissue. The relatively constant composition and the high and balanced nutrient content of such a diet is likely to have bee...
Author: WOUTER HENDRIKS - Monogastric Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealan...
Publication date: 07/27/2007    Rating:    Views: 497

Water activity as a tool for predicting and controlling the stability of pet foods
‘Food safety’ was one of many buzz phrases for 2005. As 2006 rolls forward, we can see that the attention focused on the safety of food is here to stay. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires that pe...
Author: R.A. TIMMONS (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 07/23/2007    Rating:    Views: 2325

Are panels effective means of developing palatable and healthy pet foods?
This paper addresses the question as to whether panels are needed to develop palatable and healthy pet food, a simple question which is difficult to answer. Panels for nutritional purposes usually consist of pa...
Author: CHRISTINE IBEN (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 07/17/2007    Rating:    Views: 402