Educating clients about raw diets and the associated parasitic risks

All puppies and kittens are infected with Toxocara canis and T. cati respectively, at, or shortly after birth (Overgaauw and Van Knapen, 2013). This occurs through transplacental (puppies) and...

An evaluation of the cost of companion animal parasitic zoonoses in Europe

The impact of companion animal parasitic zoonoses can be evaluated in a number of ways, one of which is to assess the cost of infection and to compare this with the costs and feasibility of prevention...

Canine influenza: should we look out for a sneeze?

The influenza virus belongs to the family Orthomyxoviridae, and to the genus influenzavirus that comprise s3 types, A, B and C. The influenza virus possesses a segmented negative-strand RNA genome....