Volume 12, Number 3

The International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine

Table of Contents

181 Marginal Resection and Acridine Orange Photodynamic Therapy in a
Cat with Recurrent Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
Hideya Hori, Yuriko Teramoto, Yasuhiro Fukuyama, Takuya Maruo

185 Amoxicillin Resides in Milk of Holstein Cows With Double or Triple Intramammary
Administration of Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate
I. Martínez-Cortés, R. Rosiles, L. Gutierrez, D. Díaz, H Sumano

192 Functional Foods in Pets and Humans
Alessandro Di Cerbo, Beniamino Palmieri, Sergio Canello, Gianandrea
Guidetti, Tommaso Iannitti

200 Standardization of RT-PCR Protocol for Detection and Typing of Emerging
Food and Mouth Disease Virus in Lebanon
Elie K. Barbour, Diana M. Ahmadieh, Houssam A. Shaib, Steve Harakeh,
Taha Kumosani

209 Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Portulaca
Oleracea L and Taraxacum Mongolicum Against Pathogenic Bacteria of
Cow Mastitis
Shuai Peng, Weichang Dai, Hansong Yu, Yuhua Wang, Xuelin Wang, Shumin
Sun

213 Rapid Detection of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 by TaqMan-based Realtime
Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays
Wanzhe Yuan, Jiefeng Li, Limin Li, Mingtan Sun, Yingshuai Zheng, Yan Qi,
Jiguo Sun, Qinye Song

220 Comparisons of Metaphylactic Treatments of Zactran® (gamithromycin) vs. Excede® (ceftiofur crystalline free acid) in High Risk, Stocker Calves
David Amrine, Brad White, Dan Goehl, Shaun H. Sweiger, Bruce Nosky,Ronald K. Tessman

228 Cerenia Prevents Perioperative Nausea and Vomiting and Improves Recovery
in Dogs Undergoing Routine Surgery
Deborah Ramsey, Tim Fleck, Thomas Berg, Steve Nederveld, Donald De-
Long, Jezaniah-Kira Tena, Michelle Aleo, Robert McCall

238 Bovine Leukemia Virus Titer and Leukocyte Population Associated with Mastitis
in Periparturient Dairy Cows
Seiichi Kakinuma, Yousuke Maeda, Hiromichi Ohtsuka, Satoru Konnai, Masaaki
Oikawa

244 Detection and Characterization of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus from
an Outbreak of Respiratory Disease in Ecuador
Sofía Ayala, María Revelo, Verónica Barragán, Jorge Chiriboga, Alejandro
Torres, Iván Santiana, Gabriel Trueba

248 Optimization of Infectious Conditions with Helicobacter Pylori in the Infection-
highly Resistant Mongolian Gerbils Supplied in Japan
Katsuhito Kawato, B.Eng, Tetsurou Seita, PhD, Takashi Kuribayashi, DVM, PhD,
Yoshiichi Takagi, DVM, Motoo Matsuda, PhD, Shizuo Yamamoto, DVM, PhD

255 Determination of the Antibacterial Activity of Gamithromycin Against
Pathogens of Bovine Respiratory Disease
Ronald K. Tessman, Donald J. Bade