myiasis/albumin

BACKGROUND Mulesing is an important method of preventing flystrike of Merino sheep in Australia, but because there are important short-term welfare issues associated with mulesing, alternative methods of removing the skin folds for breech flystrike prevention are being investigated. OBJECTIVE To

Sheep bred for resistance (R) or susceptibility (S) to fleece rot and myiasis (blowfly strike) were experimentally infected with L. cuprina larvae. Exudates released from the wound site were collected during the infection at 6, 12, 18 and 24 h. The exudates were separated using two-dimensional gel

The sheep bot fly, Oestrus ovis, is a very common myiasis of nasal and sinus cavities of sheep and goats causing severe welfare and production implications. As the viability of O. ovis adult flies strictly depends on larval abilities to assimilate and to stock nutrients from the host, it was

The enzyme inhibitors alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M), anti-thrombin III (AT III) and alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1PI) were isolated from sheep plasma and tested for their ability to affect L. cuprina larval proteases and larval growth in vitro. Casein radial diffusion gels indicated that

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the occurrence of complications, as well as the survival rates, in elderly people having neurological diseases and undergoing enteral nutrition therapy (ENT). METHODS Patients aged over 60 years, assisted by a home medical service from a healthcare plan in the city of Belo