Volume 12, Issue 3 (2017) | American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Cryptosporidiosis in Ruminants: Update and Current Therapeutic Approaches

Ceren Dinler — 2017-06-15

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 15 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.96.103

Cryptosporidium species causes asymptomatic or mild to severe gastrointestinal disease in their broad range of host species. These host species include humans, domestic and wild animals worldwide. The...

Efficacy of the Administration of a Natural Feed Supplement in the Management of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome in 7 Sport Horses: A Field Trial

Stucchi Luca — 2017-06-20

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 20 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.104.110

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is one of the most common causes of poor performance in the equine patient and affects more than 90% of Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorses in training. Nowad...

General Aspect and Current Fluid Therapy in Cattle with Digestive Diseases

José-Ramiro González-Montaña — 2017-07-04

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 4 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.111.131

Digestive disorders therapy, both in calves and adult animals depends on the correction of dehydration, academia and the removal of D-lactate from the blood and it is possible to do it by means of flu...

Proton Pump Inhibitors in Veterinary Medicine

Oguzhan Yavuz — 2017-07-05

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 5 July 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.132.138

Inhibition of gastric acid secretion is necessary to treat many gastrointestinal diseases. Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are very effective drugs, used for gastric acid inhibition and therapy of impor...

Intestinal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma with Lymph Node Metastasis in a Cat

Handan Hilal Arslan — 2017-08-17

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 17 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.139.142

Intestinal adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor. The most common clinical signs of gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma are depression, anorexia, loss of weight, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation due to ob...

The Visceral Organ, Gastrointestinal Tract and Blood Characteristics in Pegagan Ducks Fed Ration Fermented by Tape Yeast with Different Moisture Content

Fitra Yosi — 2017-08-19

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 19 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.143.149

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of administration diet containing locally sourced materials fermented by tape yeast with different moisture content on the weight of the visceral org...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Current Treatment Options in Dogs

Handan Hilal Arslan — 2017-08-20

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.150.158

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an idiopathic and chronic gastrointestinal failure of cats, dogs and some farm animals such as horses. Since the long and difficult classical therapy of the disease...

The use of Probiotics in Horses with Gastrointestinal Disease

Jelena Gotić — 2017-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.159.168

Probiotics are common adjunctive therapy used in human and veterinary medicine, mostly intended for gastrointestinal diseases treatment or prevention. Lactic acid bacteria: Lactobacilli, bifid bacteri...

Natural Substances as New Potential Strategies for the Treatment of Leishmaniosisin Dogs

De Vito Virginia — 2017-09-06

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.169.175

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by the protozoan parasites Leishmania, infecting numerous mammal species. Canine leishmaniasis is potentially zoonotic and causes severe fatal disease in dogs. The di...

Fermented Green Vegetable Soybean Meal Increases Dressed Carcass Meat and Bone Weight in Black-Boned Chickens (Fah Luang Chicken, Gallus gallus)

Sukit Khantaprab — 2017-09-06

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 6 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.176.181

To use effectively waste green vegetable soyabean (edamame) and to improve the dressed carcass meat in black-boned chickens (Fah Luang chicken, Gallus gallus), fermented edamame meal was fed to black-...

The Effect of Adding Zeolite in the Feed of Chickens Cobb 500

Angel Roberto Sánchez Quinche — 2017-09-25

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 25 September 2017; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2017.182.187

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the addition of zeolite on the feeding of Cobb 500 chickens in the productive parameters. The work was carried out in an integral farm of Ecu...