Understanding FPV and its Threat to Our Cats

Understanding FPV and its Threat to Our Cats   Maigan Espinili Maruquin   The Feline Panleukopenia (FPL) is an important disease in cats.  It is highly contagious and is often fatal to cats (Van Brussel, Carrai et al. 2019). This is caused by feline parvovirus (FPV; formerly FPL virus) and canine parvovirus (CPV), however, CPV […]

Canine HbA1c

Canine HbA1c   LIN, WEN-YANG (WESLEY), Ph.D   HbA1c is a type of hemoglobin on which several monosaccharides such as glucose, galactose and fructose tend to bind with and exist in the bloodstream. The chemical linking process between sugar and hemoglobin is named glycation. HbA1c is actually an indicator of the beta-N-1-deoxy fructosyl on hemoglobin, […]

An Important Feline Pathogen: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

An Important Feline Pathogen: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)   Maigan Espinili Maruquin   It was on 1986 when immunodeficiency- like syndrome in a cat was discovered and was described to be of important model to study human AIDS (Pedersen, Ho et al. 1987). According to Harbour, D.A. et al. (2004), infected cats showed a variety […]

Canine babesiosis

Canine babesiosis   Robert Lo, Ph.D, D.V.M   Canine babesiosis occurs worldwide and results from infections with a variety of Babesia spp., tick-borne hemoprotozoa. The disease was first described in cattle with hemolytic anemia in 1888 by a Rommanian bacteriologist, Victor Babes (Babes, 1888). Babesiosis is one of the most important tick-borne infectious diseases of […]

Feline corona virus (FCoV) and Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

Feline corona virus (FCoV) and Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)   Andy Pachikerl, Ph.D   Introduction: Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is a widely known positive-stranded RNA virus is infecting many cats worldwide (Satoshi, Takehisa and Motonobu 2012). This virus belongs to the species Alphacoronavirus 1 of the genus Alphacoronavirus from within the virus family Coronaviridae (Antoniw and Adams […]

Giardia lamblia

Giardia lamblia   LIN, WEN-YANG (WESLEY), Ph.D   Giardia lamblia (=G. intestinalis, =G. duodenalis) also called Giardia duodenalis, Giardia intestinalis and pear-shaped flagellate is a common and well-known anaerobic flagellated protozoan parasites colonize in human (or in canine) small intestines and cause diarrhea, stomach pain etc. Its character of parasitic zoonoses make them also infecting other […]

Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV): A Constant Threat to Our Cat Companion

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV): A Constant Threat to Our Cat Companion   Maigan Espinili Maruquin   It was believed that the Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) is the one responsible in most disease- related deaths in cats. It was Jarrett, et al., 1964 who first identified FeLV as a causative agent of the viral infection […]

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing   Robert Lo, Ph.D, D.V.M   Antimicrobial compounds, including both naturally and chemically synthesized compounds, have been one of the most important inventions to combat infections. The first commercial antibiotic, penicillin, was accidentally identified of by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Lots of antibiotics with different mechanisms of antimicrobial activity have been […]

Canine Parvovirus

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Canine Parvovirus   CHINESE EDITION IS WRITTEN BY DR. WANG, SHIH-HAO / ENGLISH EDITION IS TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY DR. LIN, WEN-YANG (WESLEY)   Abstract The canine parvovirus (CPV) is a common, acute, high morbidity and high morality virus that mainly infect canine population. This virus possess highly survival rate for 5 weeks in […]